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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] powerdevil-remove-cpufreq.patch
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-03-08 18:47:45
Message-ID: 20100308184745.GA10710 () troll08 ! nokia ! trolltech ! de
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On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 04:44:43PM +0100, Holger Macht wrote:
> On 03/08/2010 04:25 PM, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 12:12:04PM +0100, Holger Macht wrote:
> >> Frequencies are switched in microseconds these days.
> >>
> > that's utterly irrelevant in this context.
> 
> I was talking about dynamic frequency adjustments, switching from lower
> to higher frequency.
> 
it's still utterly irrelevant for the paragraph it was referring to. ;)

> >>> also, perceived slowness of the machine has a psychological effect of
> >>> not demanding too much of it, i.e., it changes the usage pattern to
> >>> something more power-friendly.
> >>
> >> You don't notice the difference from using ondemand vs. performance,
> >> really.
> >>
> > i'm talking about powersave vs. anything performance-oriented.
> 
> I'm not.
> 
that just confirms that you entirely missed the point.

> Anyway...this has been discussed a hundred times on all kind of
> different lists. I won't convince you.
>
no, you won't, because you believe you have been enlightened and that
people should just believe you.
a far more workable approach would be understanding the requirements
people bring up, analyzing them and proposing solutions for them (like
in the quoted mail from Matthew Garret). removing a needed feature
without replacement is simply no option.
 
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