On Freitag 02 Juli 2010, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 07:52:02PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 28 Februar 2010, Mick wrote: > > > or is the kernel itself clever enough to manage the hardware directly > > > these days? > > > > yes, it is. Just use the ondemand governor. > > I've noticed what looks like some work overloads using the ondemand > governor. I'm pretty sure it is normal but I can see (user feeling) when > the system loads the processor by intermittence. It is visible on some > compilations tasks and when playing flash videos and compared to the > performance governor. I'm still runing a 2.6.26 kernel.
of course there is a little difference. Performance is not a governor. It just sets the cpu at always full speed. So it does not have any ramp up time - but also blows away a lot of energy AND generates unnecessary heat.
