On 2010 Jun 30 (Wed) at 22:25:45 +0100 (+0100), Luis Henriques wrote:
:Eventually there are usage scenarios where setting the maximum
:performance to 50% (or whatever value) may make sense -- if you want to
:save some power, for example.
It doesn't really save any power. I've done tests while doing compiles
at apm -L vs autoscaling. I get significatly longer battery life with
cranking up to 100% speed during the compile, then going back down to
0% vs staying at 0% the entire time.
:Anyway, I was just trying to make sure
:everyone understands that this patch will, somehow, remove a feature
:currently available although I understand my case is absolutely
:irrelevant.
Yes, this will be addressed before it is comitted.
--
Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but
when there is no longer anything to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
