[ltp] Re: using Middleton BIOS on Linux (for SATA2)

green linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:51:13 -0600


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Stefan Monnier wrote at 2013-01-26 16:42 -0600:
> > Personally, i wouldn't bother about further enhancing CPU speed, as i
> > think that it is much more worthwhile to rather remove the real
> > bottleneck of the HDD by replacing it with a SSD.
>=20
> One doesn't preclude the other.  As a matter of fact, using an SSD makes
> it more frequent to wait for the CPU and hence increases the benefit
> of IDA.
>=20
>=20
>         Stefan "who'd be happy to use IDA under GNU/Linux but still
>                 hasn't found anything else than a few hacks here and
>                 there, none of them conveniently usable"

So this is not correct?
https://lesswatts.org/projects/processor-power/dynamic-acceleration.php

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