Rafael, can you help me getting this test version. @Aubrey: I though powertop is just a "monitoring" tool. So you mean that with this new version we might better see the different speed changes ?
Thanks -Detlef Li, Aubrey schrieb, On 22.05.09 02:45: > 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
