-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Florian Reitmeir wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007, Eddy Petri??or wrote: > >> On a side note, I have found out that FreeBSD is able to bring down the >> processor speed of a Pentium M processor on a laptop of a friend a LOT >> lower than what Linux is able to do (200MHz as opposed to 800MHz in Linux). >> >> I am wondering if the information is correct. I thought of installing >> Debian GNU/kFreeBSD but I failed miserably and I don't know when and if >> I'll try again. > > I know these patches. The 200mhz are only shown in the kernel (in my case > linux) but the hardware is not capable of that, look for your self into the > intel datasheets. > > But indeed its possible to "undervolt" the cpu to save power, approx. 10-20%, > search for the linux-phc patches. > > https://www.dedigentoo.org/trac/linux-phc/
This seems to apply only to older cores. I have a Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Anybody knows if this is supported? i browsed the forums on gentoo and found that someone provided baz some info on the Core 2 Duo, but I don't know what is the current status. - -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFyDuQY8Chqv3NRNoRAvAbAJwNuONxOZL6mXls2sjUZLaQ4mXaWQCaAt+w 6RbFdlsIDTf5KOwaGmbtWaA= =vzTx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
