On 2014 Oct 17 (Fri) at 12:12:07 +0100 (+0100), Kevin Chadwick wrote:
:On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:55:00 -0600 (MDT)
:Ted Unangst wrote:
:
:> remove performance throttling code from here, use the kernel version
:> instead. this effectively kills -C, though the option is kept for compat.
:
:>> redo the performance throttling in the kernel.
:>> introduce a new sysctl, hw.perfpolicy, that governs the policy.
:>> when set to anything other than manual, hw.setperf then becomes read
:>> only. phessler was heading in this direction, but this is slightly
:>> different. :)
:
:Is the default hw.perfpolicy equivalent to -C or should
:I investigate the options when I upgrade?
:
:Thanks,
: Kc
:
The default has the same semantics as -C. -A was a hack to work around
the bugs that in kernel performance throttling fixed.
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