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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/1] cpufreq/x86: Add P-state driver for sandy bridge.
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:08:31 -0800
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To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
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On 12/6/2012 1:34 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Uncompromised performance
>>>>> * Balanced - biased towards performance     (say, defined to be lowest power at most a 2 1/2% perf hit)
>>>>> * Balanced                                  (say, at most a 5% perf hit)
>>>>> * Balanced - biased towards lower power     (sat, at most a 10% perf hit)
>>>>> * Uncompromised lowest power


> That said starting with a small value and going up exponentially, like
> (1->)2->4->8->16->32->64, sounds like a good idea.


... like 2 1/2, 5 and 10 ? ;-)