powerd(8)

[sebastian ssmoller]

> 
> But in general, it looks that a main problem with original adaptive
> algorithm is that it is possible to decrease an effective cpu
> frequency to an incredibly small values (for mine centrino it can go
> from 1.3Ghz down to 75Mhz), where even the easiest things take a lot
> of time, so it is forced to increase it. It looks that just limiting
> the minimal frequency by a something like 200-300 Mhz should make the
> original adaptive algorithm work much better.
> 

agree! estctrl decreased speed only down to 600MHz which worked
perfectly for me ... guess even 200MHz would be a bit to slow still ..

seb

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