> > Note that a good way to lower the power consumption of a Mac laptop is
> > to reduce HZ back from 1000 to 100 in include/asm-ppc/param.h
>
> Is this possible at runtime?
Nope.
Michael
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 14:02 +0100, Richard Hult wrote:
>> Timo Reimerdes wrote:
>> > Could is be something related to hard-drive activity? Or is the
>> > processor just doing more work? did the powernowd change?
>>
>> This is without running any
This workes great for me!
I raised the limit to 55 and worked for hours (gnome, firefox, xpdf,
thunderbird) after it.
The fan never started with this setting, temp was always between 51 and 53.
Thanks a lot for the hint
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:08:27 +0100, José Manuel Pérez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro
El Jueves, 2 de Diciembre de 2004 13:59, Colin Leroy escribió:
> On 02 Dec 2004 at 13h12, José Manuel Pérez wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I'm having same problem with my iBook G4. Now with kernel 2.6.9 fan is
> > almost always running. I've looked at cpu heat and is over 50, normal
> > 53-54 degrees. I'd li
On 02 Dec 2004 at 13h12, José Manuel Pérez wrote:
Hi,
> I'm having same problem with my iBook G4. Now with kernel 2.6.9 fan is
> almost always running. I've looked at cpu heat and is over 50, normal
> 53-54 degrees. I'd like to know if it's posible to set cpu limit to 55
> in order to fan sto
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El 30 nov 2004, a las 16:43, Jaume Sabater escribió:
Rogério Brito wrote:
This is without running any frequency scaling at all (no powernod,
cpydyn, or cpufreqd), and also without spinning down the hard drive.
I can't tell about powernod, but t
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:39:39AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 14:02 +0100, Richard Hult wrote:
> > Timo Reimerdes wrote:
> > > Could is be something related to hard-drive activity? Or is the
> > > processor just doing more work? did the powernowd change?
> >
> > T
On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 14:02 +0100, Richard Hult wrote:
> Timo Reimerdes wrote:
> > Could is be something related to hard-drive activity? Or is the
> > processor just doing more work? did the powernowd change?
>
> This is without running any frequency scaling at all (no powernod,
> cpydyn, or cpuf
On Tuesday 30 November 2004 15:54, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Nov 30 2004, Richard Hult wrote:
> Also, which one integrates better with laptop-mode? I'm thinking of using
> laptop-mode even for my i386 Desktop (since I can't stand the noise of its
> HD).
Umm... perhaps it is a long shot, but I wou
Rogério Brito wrote:
This is without running any frequency scaling at all (no powernod,
cpydyn, or cpufreqd), and also without spinning down the hard drive.
I can't tell about powernod, but the author of cpudyn is a friend of
mine and he did it because he didn't like cpufreqd. I am using cpu
On Nov 30 2004, Richard Hult wrote:
> This is without running any frequency scaling at all (no powernod,
> cpydyn, or cpufreqd), and also without spinning down the hard drive.
Would anybody provide a short description of which one of these frequency
scaling packages (powernowd, cpudyn, cpufreqd)
Timo Reimerdes wrote:
Could is be something related to hard-drive activity? Or is the
processor just doing more work? did the powernowd change?
This is without running any frequency scaling at all (no powernod,
cpydyn, or cpufreqd), and also without spinning down the hard drive.
It's a bit of
Could is be something related to hard-drive activity? Or is the
processor just doing more work? did the powernowd change?
I used to just keep my laptop running during the night having it right
besides my bed. downloading stuff... Never was a problem. But now it
keeps activating the fan wich is un
Colin Leroy wrote:
On 26 Nov 2004 at 12h11, Timo Reimerdes wrote:
Hi,
Hm... I havent researched it but I said to a friend of mine about 15
minutes ago "somehow the temperature management seems to get worse". *g*
In other words - I had the same feeling. (Running Ubuntu 2.6.8.1 now -
preparin
On 26 Nov 2004 at 12h11, Timo Reimerdes wrote:
Hi,
> Hm... I havent researched it but I said to a friend of mine about 15
> minutes ago "somehow the temperature management seems to get worse". *g*
> In other words - I had the same feeling. (Running Ubuntu 2.6.8.1 now -
> preparing to test the sl
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 11:55 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 09:57 +0100, Richard Hult wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > Today I compiled the 2.6.9 stock kernel + Ben's suspend
> > > patch. However I am experiencing a lot of extra heet production as
> > > opposed to the 2.6.8.1
On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 09:57 +0100, Richard Hult wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Today I compiled the 2.6.9 stock kernel + Ben's suspend
> > patch. However I am experiencing a lot of extra heet production as
> > opposed to the 2.6.8.1 kernel. I have locked my cpu at the lowest
> > frequency (it is fast enough),
Hi,
Today I compiled the 2.6.9 stock kernel + Ben's suspend
patch. However I am experiencing a lot of extra heet production as
opposed to the 2.6.8.1 kernel. I have locked my cpu at the lowest
frequency (it is fast enough), and with the 2.6.8.1 the fan was
almost always off except with excessive
Hello All,
Today I compiled the 2.6.9 stock kernel + Ben's suspend
patch. However I am experiencing a lot of extra heet production as
opposed to the 2.6.8.1 kernel. I have locked my cpu at the lowest
frequency (it is fast enough), and with the 2.6.8.1 the fan was
almost always off except with exce
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