Dominic Fandrey wrote:> Since I updated to the 7.2 prerelease, powerd is broken.
>
>> uname -a
> FreeBSD mobileKamikaze.norad 7.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE #0: Tue
Mar 24 07:57:30 CET 2009
root@mobileKamikaze.norad:/usr/obj/HP6510b/amd64/usr/src/sys/HP6510b amd64
>
> It increases the CPU frequency very aggressively in adaptive mode.
> That means full speed with a system load below 1%. I have to use the
> following nonsensical powerd_flags to make it work sensibly:
> -a adaptive -b minimum -i 95 -r 99
>
> The system is a Core2 Duo, if that is of any help.
Run powerd in foreground with -v option to get it's work trace. If it
reaches full speed, there must be some reason to do it.
Updated powerd indeed may behave a bit more aggressively (especially in
new hiadaptive mode, default for AC power). But it was made several
months ago and nobody have complained yet. I am personally using it on
8-CURRENT on my Core2Duo laptop every day.
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Alexander Motin