Re: cpufreq longhaul locks up

[Jan Engelhardt]

On May 4 2007 19:08, RafaÅ Bilski wrote:
>
>Btw. I've been writting many times: if You want to use ondemand with 
>Longhaul You don't need cpufreq at all.

Does VIA Nehemiah do hardware-driven autoregulation like Transmeta
Crusoe too? (I suspect no, have not seen that happen.)

>It is just one another cool gadget for You.
>Longhaul wasn't designed to change frequency often. 

Is there a way I can start with a specific governor (powersave) right
from the start so that all devices that Linux will initialize assume
the CPU runs at <choose something> MHz?

>It has big latency and requires so much preparation that it isn't worth 
>if You don't need to save power or cool down CPU. 

I found frequency switching on my VIA to be fast enough.


Jan
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