[ltp] Duty Cycle program

Jan Kundrát linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:20:15 +0100


This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)
--------------enig02C061664FE206E884A63572
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
> e.g. "find / ..."

Find usually generates close to zero CPU load. It's disk activity that
you see as a slowdown.

> or kernel compiles, run the CPU temperature up higher than
> I'd like.  If a program could run a bit, not run a bit, that'd keep the=


If you're really worried (and have cleaned the dust at first), use CPU
frequency governors for stepping the CPU down. Your battery life
wouldn't improve, though.

Cheers,
-jkt

--=20
cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth


--------------enig02C061664FE206E884A63572
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc"

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFHa5NgamXfqERyJRcRAuchAJ4tEjzaZM0eyHIE380iDJxztdrlYQCgg1bk
ry/T3oHZYybRVktZ7Mumm+Q=
=9VaY
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--------------enig02C061664FE206E884A63572--