powerd effectiveness

Daniel O'Connor doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Wed Jan 11 21:25:02 PST 2006


On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:52, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> > powerd won't run your CPU at a specific clock frequency - it varies the
> > CPU frequency based on current load conditions.
>
> The load was 0, only thing that was running was mbmon.

Fair enough.. still.. makes testing simpler IMO.

> > You could try what I do but there are some systems which are very slow to
> > change clock speed so this could be an impediment.
>
> What was part of my question, is it the hardware or the software thats
> at fault here. I.e. would a cool n quiet system be better.

Hard to say.
I don't see how you can possibly get the frequencies you say with the hardware 
you claim.

What does sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels say?

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