Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751123AbWINVi0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:38:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751166AbWINVi0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:38:26 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:37592 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751123AbWINViX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:38:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:38:03 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Nick Orlov Cc: linux-kernel , cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk, Dave Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 0/2] cpufreq: make it harder for cpu to leave "hot" mode Message-Id: <20060914143803.493c5bf0.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060912032924.GA3677@nickolas.homeunix.com> References: <20060912032924.GA3677@nickolas.homeunix.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1006 Lines: 23 On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:29:24 -0400 Nick Orlov wrote: > I was playing with ondemand cpufreq governor (gotta save on electricity > bills one day :) ) and I've noticed that gameplay become somewhat sluggish. > Especially noticeble in something cpu-power demanding, like quake4. > Quick look at stats/trans_table confirmed that CPU goes out of "hot" mode > way too often. I won't apply any of this in view of your ongoing discussion with Venkatesh, but thanks for the ongoing support and help - cpufreq is, shall we say, a rich source of future kernel improvements. Next time you prepare a patch series please ensure that it uses a different Subject: for each patch, as per http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt, section 2. - 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/