Hi Detlef,

Detlef Drewanz wrote:

> Eric,
> thanks for this workaround. Yes this works and it works also after
> suspend/resume. So I see now in powertop the frequency changing
> between 800 and 2001 Mhz in event mode.
> 
> Thanks.
> ... and if 111b will be the final build for osol2009.06 this
> workaround could be part of the release notes ...

We have a new version of powertop to fix frequency residency bug.
Rafael can help you to get a copy. I just want to see the percent of
each frequency residency and make sure the highest frequency residency
is not too high with the change when idle.

Thanks,
-Aubrey

> 
> Detlef
> 
> Eric Saxe schrieb, On 21.05.09 20:17:
>> Hi Detlef, Mark,
>> 
>> Mark Haywood wrote:
>>> Detlef Drewanz wrote:
>>> Why? Given what I have seen I don't believe that this worked
>>> correctly in 2008.11 either. 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe there is some quick workaround to set with mdb some
> value ... ?
>> Try adding this to /etc/system:
>> set cpupm_ti_gov_multiple=100
>> 
>> ..and then run in event mode. This will make the system more
>> aggressive about power managing the CPUs despite ambient background
>> activity. I have a fix going back shortly (today?) to address this.
>> Does this help? 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Eric
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