Removal of legacy X.Org (aka non-WITH_NEW_XORG)

[Zenny]

On 10/23/14, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Ok!
>
> Which version of PCBSD is it?
>
> I flipped the default power save state in freebsd-head to be the
> lowest supported by the CPU and all the more recent CPUs will idle at
> a much lower power level.
>
> You could try putting these into /etc/rc.conf if they aren't already there:
>
> performance_cx_lowest="Cmax"
> economy_cx_lowest="Cmax"
>
> .. and disable powerd.

This has been tested and tried without any improvements, fyi.

Every tweak under the sky has been done, but no go. :-(

>
> Would you be willing to conduct the power test without the GPUs
> installed? There may be something missing in FreeBSD and they may not
> be clocking down when idle.
>
>
> -a
>
>
> On 23 October 2014 00:51, Zenny <garbytrash at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Adrian:
>>
>> I use hardwares for both.
>>
>> For temperature, I use IR Thermogun like
>> http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-Infrared-Thermometer-Includes/dp/B00NI3HNQK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1414050390&sr=8-3&keywords=infrared+thermometer
>>
>> For power monitor, I use a wattmeter like:
>> http://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU
>>
>> Hope this clarifies!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/22/14, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> How are you measuring the CPU temperature and power consumption?
>>>
>>> Which version of PCBSD did you install?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -a
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 October 2014 23:25, Zenny <garbytrash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Even with new xorg, two things didn't work with my Radeon 3 head cards:
>>>>
>>>> 1. console switching did not work
>>>> 2. hdmi audio did not work.
>>>>
>>>> Tried also with PCBSD, the same results. I gave up and installed linux
>>>> in the same machine, both worked fine in addition to:
>>>>
>>>> 1. booting time is very fast
>>>> 2. thermal management is better (usually the cpu temps are 31-40 in
>>>> linux default installation whereas the temp remains in the range of up
>>>> to 49-63 with all the tweaks performed.)
>>>> 3. Power consumption is lower in linux than freebsd (76watts compared
>>>> to 126watts till the xorg started)
>>>>
>>>> These are some of the stuffs that needs to be addressed despite
>>>> freebsd being overwhelmingly stable.
>>>>
>>>> On 10/20/14, Jean-Sébastien Pédron <dumbbell at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 20.10.2014 15:54, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote:
>>>>>> On 20.10.2014 14:16, Pete French wrote:
>>>>>>>> What version of FreeBSD do you use?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 9.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're right, there seems to be something wrong. I'll discuss this
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> the graphics team.
>>>>>
>>>>> Koop Mast just committed a fix to the Ports tree.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jean-Sébastien Pédron
>>>>>
>>>>>
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