On Tuesday 10 May 2011 16:34:53 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 05/10/2011 02:44:26 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 May 2011 08:27:42 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > On 05/10/2011 02:36:33 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > > On Sunday 08 May 2011 12:59:57 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > > > On 05/08/2011 11:21:06 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: > > > > > > > > > > sys-process/atop shows current CPU freqency > > > > > I use it to check the effect of sys-power/powernowd > > > > > > > > why are you using powernowd? > > > > > > Why not? It's a daemon which reduces the CPU speed under certain > > > circumstances. > > > > just like the kernel. Only the kernel does it better. > > > > > This not only saves power but it reduce the noise produced by the > > > > fan. > > > > fanspeed - if you have a pwm fan. > > > > Seriously, powernowd is so not needed. Just built a kernel with > > ondemand cpu > > governor. You are done. > > Hi, > I've just tried that, but it doesn't work (at least, as the output of > atop is concerned) > > dmesg shows > cpuidle: using governor ladder > cpuidle: using governor menu
that is a different can of worms > > Am I missing something? yes: *- 'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor
