Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2003 23:16:08 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Select voltage manually in cpufreq |
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Hi!
> > 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.
Well, but system also does not know. And *I* need a way to tell my system what the right thing is.
> > 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
Well, but this simple user interface means pretty complicated insides. Pavel
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