Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-27 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
I'd like to set my scaling governor in /etc/sysctl.conf, rather than by echoing a value to: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor However, I'm not finding a key for it via the sysctl utility. When I run: sysctl -a | fgrep -i cpu I get nothing. Why can I write to a value

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-27 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 08:42:13PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I get nothing. Why can I write to a value in sysfs that can't be > accessed with sysctl? And more importantly, how am I supposed to do this > at boot without sysctl.conf? Two quick answers, but a remaining question. The default gov

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-28 Thread Tilo Schwarz
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:42:13 +0100, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I'd like to set my scaling governor in /etc/sysctl.conf, rather than by echoing a value to: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor However, I'm not finding a key for it via the sysctl utility. When I run: sysc

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-29 Thread Carl Johnson
"Tilo Schwarz" writes: > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:42:13 +0100, Todd A. Jacobs > wrote: > >> I'd like to set my scaling governor in /etc/sysctl.conf, rather than by >> echoing a value to: >> >> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> >> However, I'm not finding a key for it vi

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-30 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:19:27PM +0100, Tilo Schwarz wrote: > I use sysfs.conf: Thanks. I knew about sysctl.conf, but not sysfs.conf. I appreciate you pointing that out! -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-30 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:26:40PM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > If you have the cpufrequtils package installed, then just edit > /etc/defaults/cpufrequtils to specify which you want at boot. The /etc/defaults/cpufrequtils file over-rides the value (if any) in /etc/sysfs.conf, but I think it's imp

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-30 Thread Tilo Schwarz
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:26:40 +0100, Carl Johnson wrote: "Tilo Schwarz" writes: On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:42:13 +0100, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I'd like to set my scaling governor in /etc/sysctl.conf, rather than by echoing a value to: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

Re: Scaling governor via sysctl?

2010-01-30 Thread Carl Johnson
"Tilo Schwarz" writes: > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:26:40 +0100, Carl Johnson wrote: > >> "Tilo Schwarz" writes: >> >>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:42:13 +0100, Todd A. Jacobs >>> wrote: >>> I'd like to set my scaling governor in /etc/sysctl.conf, rather than by echoing a value to: