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From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Patrick McFarland <diablod3@gmail.com>
Cc: Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The ondemand CPUFreq code -- I hope the functionality stays
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:10:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060728011040.GO5687@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607272104.24088.diablod3@gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 09:04:23PM -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote:

 > I think you've gotten confused. Ondemand is a horrible governor that only 
 > flips between two cpu frequencies, the lowest and the highest.

That isn't true.  I just double checked, and saw my core-duo changing
between all 4 states it offers.

 > Use the Conservative governor instead.

This governor is based on the same code as on-demand with some subtle
tweaks to make it not change the frequency as often.  If anything *this*
one should be less 'active' for you than ondemand.

What driver are you using ?

		Dave

-- 
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-28  1:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-27  8:54 The ondemand CPUFreq code -- I hope the functionality stays Miles Lane
2006-07-27 10:12 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-28  1:04 ` Patrick McFarland
2006-07-28  1:10   ` Dave Jones [this message]
2006-07-28  1:25     ` Patrick McFarland
2006-07-28 10:38     ` Miles Lane
2006-07-28  2:43   ` Thomas Tuttle
2006-07-28  9:24     ` Arjan van de Ven

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