Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:15:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:15:17 -0500 Received: from h80ad247a.async.vt.edu ([128.173.36.122]:23179 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:15:16 -0500 Message-Id: <200302031924.h13JO9a0026095@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Matt Reppert Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CPU throttling?? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:14:56 CST." <20030203131456.34c04df8.arashi@arashi.yi.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <200302031713.h13HD2K8000181@darkstar.example.net> <200302031857.h13IvHa0025735@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20030203131456.34c04df8.arashi@arashi.yi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_318543187P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:24:09 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1037 Lines: 33 --==_Exmh_318543187P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:14:56 CST, Matt Reppert said: > Yes. I have a powerpc laptop that runs at 700 MHz. If I throttle the CPU cloc k > speed down to 400 MHz and change nothing else the battery has noticeably long er > life; since it's running slower, it takes less power when it's active (not > halted). I knew that. The question I asked was whether halted at 700Mhz takes more power than halted at 400Mhz... --==_Exmh_318543187P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE+PsHYcC3lWbTT17ARAgzPAKCeibuFatler3zxZ0cVIxJc05BSfgCg3Hj/ zKsfRCjP4pJq1iM/5jyLR08= =FLSb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_318543187P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/