On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 12:57:44PM +0000, Chris Clayton wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 June 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > speedstep-smi isn't a governor it's the mechanism that allows speed
>
> PBKAC thinko ;)
>
> > changes to occur. Unfortunatly it has a really high latency when it
> > does frequency changes. So high in fact, that using ondemand with
> > it can introduce a really large performance hit, so it's explicitly
> > prevented from being enabled.
> > (There's probably a message in dmesg telling you this when you try).
> >
>
> Yes, there is. However, it seems that none of the cpu freq drivers are
> suitable for my laptop. Never mind, I use it plugged into the mains most of
> the time anyway.
use 'userspace' and a governor app like cpuspeed.
Dave
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