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From: Wes Felter <wesley@felter.org>
Subject: Re: cpufreq throttling driver
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:35:35 -0500
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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