It's still active of sorts. I'm in the process of defining the road map,
and input like this is very useful.
We have FDAPM, but I'm not familiar with your GPU, and have no idea if it
works with FDAPM. I don't know if there's anyone else that has an answer
for you.
Pat
Project Coordinator
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Pekka Horttanainen <
pekka.horttanai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! I used to use freedos in the past but then I "upgraded" my laptop to
> one that has a dedicated GPU, ATI Radeon Mobility X1600. Only now linux
> kernel (2.6.35rc) has come to the state that I can boot my computer to a
> text shell and keep it cool thanks to gpu power management in kernel. (And I
> used to have to use an old distro like Debian Lenny to be able to use the
> proprietary graphic driver for a legacy (=not supported anymore) card that
> has the best power management)
>
> I was wondering if the same could be implemented in Freedos kernel? You can
> see the code at the linux side, not having to reinvent the whole wheel. So
> far it is still Windows XP that keeps my computer coolest, keeping the CPU
> and GPU frequencies and voltages at their lowest, but I'd like to use other
> OS's as linux and Freedos without cooking my computer. Today's computers are
> so powerful that at their lowest setting they have still more than enough
> power to use a non-Windows OS.
>
> I hope someone's still reading this list since the archives show certain
> inactivity this year (I just joined).
>
> Best regards,
> Pekka Horttanainen aka piete
>
>
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