Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >> Currently, there is no way to force a processor to a >> lower frequency. A >> feature we'll be adding to Solaris soon. >> >> As for what determining what frequencies your >> processors are running at, >> you can find that out from the cpu_info kstat. >> >> $ kstat -m cpu_info -s current_clock_Hz >> > > Thank you for that. > > The ability to reduce the speed would be useful. I do notice the batteries > die a lot quicker on this laptop (Sony VGN-SZ4XWN/C dual core 2.0 GHz Intgel > Due 2 core T7200 CPU) when on Solaris than Vista. Sony claim up to 6 hours, > but whilst I have never got that, I can get 4 hours on Vista. But on Solaris > 2 hours is about the max. The other issue with this laptop is that it has two > graphics chips - a low power Intel chipset and a higher performance Nvida > FeForce Go 7400 GPU one. But Solaris is only using the higher performance > one, which I hardly ever use on Vista. >
Do you have autopm enabled? If not, see power.conf(4). > That said, since I have installed Solaris, I hardly ever use Vista!!! > > Dave > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
