Re: enhanced intel speedstep feature was Re: speedstep-centrino on dothan

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 10:22:25PM +0200, st3@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

 > > This hasn't been seen to save any power whatsoever that I've seen.
 > 
 > It drops down power rating by 1500-1800mW on my Toshiba Satellite A50
 > while idling at 400MHz.
 > 
 > > I've heard a few reports that it reduces heat for a few folks, but
 > > betting on it increasing your battery life is probably a push.
 > 
 > Just a latest question: can be p4-clockmod used together with
 > speedstep-centrino? If not, would it make any sense to patch
 > speedstep-centrino to use this feature too?

There was some discussion on cpufreq list long ago to make cpufreq
drivers stackable, but it's never been a high enough priority for
anyone to actually do the work.

		Dave
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