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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] powerdevil-remove-cpufreq.patch
From:       Martin Sandsmark <sandsmark () samfundet ! no>
Date:       2010-03-08 16:15:18
Message-ID: 201003081715.19244.sandsmark () samfundet ! no
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On Monday 8. March 2010 13.39.16 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> If the ondemand governor doesn't scale up when more CPU cycles would be
> needed, that's a kernel bug and shouldn't be papered over by UI options in
> PowerDevil. For the downscaling, that is bogus anyway since doing the work
> as quickly as possible and going back to sleep to save power is more
> efficient than doing the work slower and thus keeping the CPU awake
> longer.

You're ignoring the fact that increasing CPU frequency also increases the heat 
generated, and at least here it then leads to the fan firing up, bringing down 
battery time rather drastically.

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Martin T. Sandsmark
 
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