Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:08:58 -0800 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Select voltage manually in cpufreq |
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:58:19PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Well, and does slow-low-power mean 300MHz, 1.4V as bios said, or > 300MHz, 1.2V which is probably also safe?
I have no idea... that's the point... the user almost never knows what *exact* magic values are required, they just want fast-on-power or slow-on-battery sort of thing.
> What about > "as-fast-as-possible-but-not-exceed-140MHz-because-batteries-are- > running-low-and-can-not-give-enough-current"? That's different from > "fast-high-power", but it is *also* different from > "slow-low-power". [This actually matters on beasts like > zaurus]. What about > "as-low-power-as-possible-but-make-sure-you-can-keep-display-up"? > [On some machines cpu must be > some HMz for display to still work].
this just shows how silly these complex schemes are
you pick two options, a slow and fast option; both should work
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