On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Dave Jones wrote: > 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.
Yep, those along with the speedstep-smi driver gives me a working solution. Thanks to everyone. Chris > > Dave _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
