From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: Re: Centrino speedstep Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:26:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20050110132603.GN19199@poupinou.org> References: <16852.15668.315630.700537@phoenix.squirrel.nl> <41D4AA9F.7080200@mega.ist.utl.pt> <20041231082524.GA8312@dominikbrodowski.de> <16861.5376.560582.314813@aber.ac.uk> <20050106161440.GD10011@dominikbrodowski.de> <16862.25182.567350.575532@aber.ac.uk> <20050107105045.GA17839@dominikbrodowski.de> <16862.27881.864389.196313@aber.ac.uk> <20050107133022.GM19199@poupinou.org> <20050108010509.GA12131@hell.org.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050108010509.GA12131-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Fred Labrosse , Dominik Brodowski , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 02:05:09AM +0100, Karol Kozimor wrote: > Thus wrote Bruno Ducrot: > > > > And as 100% CPU usage isn't that common on notebooks... > > > > > > > Actually you may save energy but only if you disable the L2 cache. I > > don't think people want that ;) > > How is that? Could you elaborate? > Best regards, > If you disable L2 cache, then its no more true that the deadline of a given task is linear to the frequency due to memory bottleneck. -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt