From: Wes Felter <wesley@felter.org>
To: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: cpufreq throttling driver
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:35:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f2i3pf$shb$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20070516T213237-839@post.gmane.org>
Matthieu CASTET wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a desktop cpu supporting only throttling (no C-state and no P-state
> (acpi-cpufreq refuse to load)).
>
> Does it make sense to use throttling to save some power ?
Not really. You can save a little power but you will lose a lot of
performance, making your system less energy-efficient.
> If yes why aren't there a cpufreq driver for managing throttling ?
It's called p4-clockmod. Don't use it. If you want to save power, get a
new CPU.
Wes Felter - wesley@felter.org
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2007-05-16 19:36 cpufreq throttling driver Matthieu CASTET
2007-05-17 17:35 ` Wes Felter [this message]
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