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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] c-state governor changes
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 02:54:05PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On 8/23/2012 2:11 PM, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > This patch set is mostly there to kick off a discussion in time
> > for Kernel Summit. When running it on my laptop, with acpi_idle,
> > I see a promising change in powertop.
>
> be careful with acpi_idle... that will remove most of the intermediate C states the platform has,
> so the policy engine no longer has good things to chose from.

Not inherently - intel_idle typically only exports 4 C states, and many
ACPI platforms will provide the same number, especially when on battery.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org


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