From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 20 08:53:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30561065670 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:53:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from varga.michal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com (mail-fx0-f227.google.com [209.85.220.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895C68FC15 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so3958502fxm.3 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:53:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=OxTevR0qDAcsw2n2T9dwuleuFlnp3TplRO0kdr5LXdQ=; b=xJNDEZFp5qv7UlCDnECCdDUtPmdCIeJbf6Z/qn6f3m9FomsSRARmZZCPTfxy9pPckt Tcf8YTRYwg4nVkTsAHIK2crtz2yk6sbI36h7ETS5IQiDnhID1OTbphXjwwxdhn8jf2rw bmTcunO5bCTRPj14GxIPqJ8sDKCwlA+GFHQCw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=vCOd1+95eY6v93Ruew95VP7CLfbqIYq4+NDccc9kU/ezQa/3SPc4XZV+hamOGno4tw 6SN3YVkPwfsivRfHSQ1Xt00kPDbAWgmnCz18QuWKDhO9VPZMN8WDNOvH6IwWLm39zGB/ 0tERWZaUHzxXwjroh46tojffLHUjhK7ATAiic= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.95.79 with SMTP id c15mr8181502fan.31.1261299218587; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:53:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7CEE793D-0485-43EC-81CD-FAA7CD73DA52@exscape.org> References: <20091220063318.49A8C1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> <4B2DCC83.1000402@FreeBSD.org> <3f1fd1ea0912192339ob8bc80dx5b5f8ba0c6d6dad7@mail.gmail.com> <7CEE793D-0485-43EC-81CD-FAA7CD73DA52@exscape.org> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:53:38 +0100 Message-ID: <3f1fd1ea0912200053y72b21baeta88f754818f73d02@mail.gmail.com> From: Michal Varga To: Thomas Backman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Systems running hot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:53:40 -0000 On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Thomas Backman wrote: >> This is from latest 7.2. Were there any changes in 8/9-CURRENT to >> bring some love to Phenoms too? > > I have little to no experience with power saving in *nix, but have you made sure the BIOS settings support throttling etc.? > > Regards, > Thomas Yes, there is only Cool'n'Quiet to be enabled and that has been on for ages. Though to really make sure, I dug up a Windows install and found a power mon. app on AMD's site, results are as expected: http://i45.tinypic.com/qsrqdv.png Even per-core throttling seems to work fine there. m.