[ltp] Re: T41 cpufreqd issue

[Lance A. Brown]

mukesh agrawal wrote:
> On Tue, 11 May 2004, Volker Braun wrote:
> 
> 
>>Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:52:07 -0400
> 
> 
>>ACPI is not yet flawless, but already works far better than you describe
>>it. With a recent 2.6 kernel it is rock-solid as long as you do not
>>suspend (at least on my 1.6GHz T41), and the cpu runs most of the time at
>>50MHz (cpuspeed+enhanced speedstep).
> 
> 
> Do you know if this extends the running time on battery power? If so, how
> much difference might it make (in your experience), and which battery are
> you using (6-cell or 9-cell)?

That's my main interest.  Right now I can get 4 to 4.5 hours out of the 
9-cell battery on my T41 running Fedora Core 1 and Gnome.  Under Windows 
XP Pro I get 6 to 7 hours easy.  I want that under linux too! :-)

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