From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk,
"Alex Villacís Lasso" <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: About p4-clockmod breakage/removal
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:56:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080514005636.GA21608@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200805132048.00653.lenb@kernel.org>
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 08:48:00PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> Assuming this is a laptop with a batter,
> I'd certainly be interested if you could run BLTK
> and measure any benefit to p4-clockmod (I've never
> been able to)
The most plausible benefit to p4-clockmod is its utility in throttling
the CPU if it would otherwise cause the system to overheat. From that
point of view, I think it's worth keeping around - especially since not
all machines expose T states via ACPI.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-14 0:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-09 15:22 About p4-clockmod breakage/removal Alex Villacís Lasso
2008-05-14 0:48 ` Len Brown
2008-05-14 0:56 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2008-05-14 3:35 ` Len Brown
2008-05-14 9:15 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 15:18 ` Len Brown
2008-05-14 23:11 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 11:18 ` Pavel Troller
2008-05-14 17:22 ` Len Brown
2008-05-15 1:55 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-15 15:06 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2008-05-14 11:36 ` Thomas Renninger
2008-05-14 11:42 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 12:49 ` Thomas Renninger
2008-05-14 12:56 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 15:28 ` Len Brown
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