RFC: powerd Patch & proposed future changes

Patrick Lamaiziere patfbsd at davenulle.org
Mon Jul 6 08:36:06 UTC 2009


Le Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:22:58 +0200 (CEST),
"Rene Schickbauer" <cavac at magicbooks.org> a écrit :

> Hi!

Hello,

> Yesterday i submitted a patch for powerd to set maximum allowed CPU
> speed for adaptive modes (to keep the system cool and using less
> power).
> 
> PR: 136354

I would like an option to set the minimum allowed CPU speed, instead
the use of the sysctl debug.cpufreq.lowest. 

> Would it also make sense to have powerd run an (optional) user
> configureable script on ac state change? I'm thinking about things
> like dimming TFT backlight, on EEE PC turning of the webcam and so on.

We can do this with devd.

(my 0.42 euro)


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