[ltp] [Power management] DynamicClocks

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:52:51 +0200


On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 13:45:32 +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 13:32 +0200, Paul RIVIER wrote:
> > I do monitor battery consumption and GPU temperature. Suspend/resume 
> > results in an increase of consumption (around 3 watts), and the GPU gets 
> > hotter (15 more °C). Last, if I quit xorg then restart it, I have the 
> > low consumption working back (13 watt / GPU : 50°C etc ...).
> 
> I can not reproduce that problem here. Which kernel version? X11
> version? Are you using radeonfb?
> 
> > My laptop is a T42, ATI 9600.
> 
> This is an X31, ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY.

The M6 LY doesn't support PowerPlay (the feature which is turned on by
DynamicClocks), so you won't see any difference.

Regards,
Tino