On 6/21/07, Adam Sloboda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

It's the same and powertop never shows C4.  I have ThinkPad Z61m with
Core 2 Duo (T5500).

Is it Intel 945PM, or Intel 945GM? I have an Intel 945GM.

There are some more registers to enable/disable PM.
For example PMCFG at MCHBAR offset F10h: bit 1:0 =01/10 => disable c3
to c4 snoop timer based transition. Unfortunately I don't know how to
access this with userspace tools.

BTW should be CPU idle power consumption same regardless of frequency?
I can see the difference only under load.

AFAIK P-States (freq changes) only have effect in C0, so it makes a
difference whenever your CPU is running some program (when it is in
C0). So unless you don't intend to run anything on the laptop, using
the P-state transitions is useful ;)


--Edwin
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