From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: Centrino not scaling to lowest frequency Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:04:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20050825140456.GA8630@isilmar.linta.de> References: <200508152344.11572.fexpop@onlinehome.de> <20050816080625.GE9150@dominikbrodowski.de> <200508181847.48291.fexpop@onlinehome.de> <20050824105002.GC12792@dominikbrodowski.de> <1124978274.16010.0.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1124978274.16010.0.camel-/ZsuMndpQpsb5wn6fCfWY+TW4wlIGRCZ@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: Ow Mun Heng Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 09:57:53PM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:50 +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 06:47:48PM +0200, Felix Homann wrote: > > > On the other hand, in Windows I _do_ get 600 MHz without any further trickery. > > > And at 600 MHz it seems to give me a lot more battery life, too. How does > > > The better > > energy usage rates of Windows are a known problem; hopefully the dynamic > > tick patch will improve the situation in this regard. > > Hmm.. that's a nice way to put it :-) > > ANyway, where's this dynamic tick patch? Is it the one where you drop > the hertz from 1K to 100? Uh, no. http://lwn.net/Articles/138969/ has an explanation, don't know where the most current patch is -- best check the LKML archives for that. Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf