From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3644007574912888130==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [Powertop] Wishlist: print the commands executed by 'toggle tunables' Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:44:30 -0700 Message-ID: <5005C09E.7030309@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: 5005B95D.90007@richardneill.org To: powertop@lists.01.org List-ID: --===============3644007574912888130== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 7/17/2012 12:13 PM, Richard Neill wrote: > Dear All, > = > I wonder if I might make a request for a new feature for powertop. > = > When I run it, I can toggle various tunable options from within the > Powertop interface. As I understand it, the effect of these to invoke an > underlying system command such as: > echo value > /sys/device/power/something > = > But powertop never actually tells me what these commands are. This means > I can't easily append them to my own startup scripts, or make them > persistent across reboots. > = > So my wish is as follows: > = > When powertop actually modifies the system, it should print the > commands, to stderr, when it exits. > = > Thanks very much, > = Hi, on the normal screen, there is not really enough real estate to put the full command there. however, if you run the --html report, it will give you these commands! (the html page has a lot more space to put stuff) --===============3644007574912888130==--