Re: cpufreq doesn't seem to work in Intel Q9300

Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-11T23:58:19Z

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:33:17 +0200
Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 07:11:28AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > 1) when the cpu is idle (as in "idle loop C states/hlt"; p4_clockmod
> > doesn't mean anything.. the clock is stopped not just skipped.
> > 2) when the cpu is executing code (eg non-idle), it takes more power
> > for a unit of time than it takes when it's idle
>
> This statement might be true, but might also be wrong:
> a) on systems where only C1 is exported, p4-clockmod most
> often equals the state the CPU is in when in C1[*],

that's.. not entirely true btw.

>so we're in a
> win-win, or lose-lose situation.

even if it were EXACTLY identical (which it isn't).. you would be at
BEST a tie... not a savings. so it's lose-lose or tie-tie, but never win

> b) IIRC 50% throttling is not "execute-one-statement
> skip-one-statement execute-one-statement, etc." but instead
> work for N us, skip for N us, work for N us, etc.
> Therefore, the situation is a bit more compilcated.

doesn't change the fundamental math though.

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