Re: The ondemand CPUFreq code -- I hope the functionality stays

[Miles Lane]

On 7/28/06, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

Yep, the ondemand governor switches between all frequencies on my
Pentium 4 M laptop.  It's a HP Pavillion dv1240us.

>  > 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.

I have tried the other governers (albeit a while ago) and found they
didn't manage power anywhere near as well as ondemand.  Perhaps
results vary for each governor according to CPU and chipset.

     Miles
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