Detlef.Drewanz wrote: > 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 ?
PowerTOP in 111b has a bug so that the frequency residency report is not accurate, the new version can fix this bug and give us the right report. Thanks, -Aubrey > > 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
