From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ow Mun Heng Subject: Re: Centrino question Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:05:14 -0700 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1085166313.9856.36.camel@Neuromancer.home.net> References: <7F740D512C7C1046AB53446D372001730177CE7A@scsmsx402.amr.corp.intel.com> <1085163473.9856.23.camel@Neuromancer.home.net> <20040521183113.GQ29214@poupinou.org> <1085164585.9856.31.camel@Neuromancer.home.net> <20040521184703.GR29214@poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040521184703.GR29214-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Bruno Ducrot Cc: "Nakajima, Jun" , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 11:47, Bruno Ducrot wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 11:36:25AM -0700, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > That's strange. Are you sure you are not running a kind of throttling > > > control stuff instead? > > > > What do you mean? When I'm on battery, I also run the laptop_mode patch. > > (though now, I have trouble with XFS not understanding the commit=600 or > > something like that) > > There are people (even OEM btw) that sometimes think that throttling a > CPU is the same as for P-state. Oh.. OK.. > > > I don't have the P-states anymore since upgrading to 2.6 kernel on RH9 > > (2.6.3) > > And? You are using the cpufreq infrastructure with the enhanced > speedstep driver, which is the same thing anyway. Cool.. So... nothing to worry about there. > Well, if really you last only 2 hours and a half on battery, even if > running at 600MHz via cpufreq, and C3 is also enabled, with laptop mode > enabled and so on, either you are using the cdrom continously (which I doubt) > or your battery is failing imho. hehe.. It has already failed once. Called up DELL for a replacement. Still Sucks. Nope.. When I try to detemine the max of my batter life, I don't use the CDROM at all, I disable Wifi, 600Mhz, laptop_mode, no usb, no sound, (not using the speakers, but drivers still on) screen to dimmest(14.1 SXGA screen 1400x1050) etc.. 2:30 hours. so... I've stopped hoping / looking for ways to get my battery life better. It just plainly _sucks_. Where are you Art Fuel_cell? (Unless of course I go get a N-Charge battery which will cause this D600 to feel like lugging around a piece of brick!) -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click