On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 10:07:24AM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: > Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > > Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > >> How come it never outputs p4_clockmod? I use that happily on several > >> different machines. > >> > >> > > > > I can confirm I've tried it on a machine. The performance impact was > > substantial (at least if I allowed it to go to its lowest speed); the > > power consumption difference was immeasurable[0]. > > > > Have you actually measured the power savings? > > > > [0] Immeasurable as in the measurement equipment (an UPS with load > > indication, in this case) could not notice any difference. The same UPS > > does notice a substantial difference with K8 chips. > > > > > >From what I remember reading on some LKML threads a while ago, > p4-clockmod is not that interesting because it only does throttling > (divides the frequency only) while the important thing to do to reduce
Yes, p4-clockmod is mostly useless for power saving but it helps reducing the processor temperature. And this is the only driver working for my p4 desktop. -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]