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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:54:27 +0200
From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
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george anzinger wrote:

> How about { 50, 50, "power-save" }  where the number refers
> to percent of full?
> I.e. same meaning IFF full is 600, but suppose it is 800.

Percentages don't buy you anything.  Sure, a new cpu has a
different max setting, but you may get the same problem with your
percentages:

The "old" cpu ran well with 50% for power saving and 100% for
performance.  The "new" might want 30% for power to work
well.  So, the numbers change anyway.

Helge Hafting
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