On Tuesday 16 December 2008 00:23:17 prad wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:20:51 +0100 (CET) > > Wojciech Puchar <[email protected]> wrote: > > IMHO it depends on hardware > > ya that makes sense at least from reading about different cpu state > descriptions here: > Everything You Need to Know About the CPU C-States Power Saving Modes > http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/611 > > where they talk about how different cpu's deal with things differently. > so since the os software can only use these features, possibly some > have optimized for some hardware, but possibly not for others.
If you're interested in technical details, there's a November thread on -mobile that covers quite some ground: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2008-November/011188.html -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
