[ltp] Thinkpad R40 2722: various CPUFREQ troubles

Sebastian Kapfer linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:56:05 +0100


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Am Do, den 11.12.2003 schrieb Carl Nygard um 09:37:
> On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 08:31, Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
[...]
> > * I Can't clock the machine at 1500 MHz when disconnected from external
> > power. I know IBM wants to conserve battery power here. BUT I DON'T
> > CARE. A useless (slow) system is worse than one running two hours less.
> > Does this depend on BIOS settings? I think I tried everything possible,
> > but never got past 600 MHz.
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> google for cpudynd, it's a daemon that watches system idle, and maxes
> out the cpu when needed.  Get the best of both worlds (also has options
> to do things to your HD to max out battery life, but I haven't tried
> that yet)

I'm fairly sure it's not the daemon that is misbehaving. CPUFREQ
announces a 600 MHz CPU when booting (as seen in dmesg).

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