On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:29:47 +0200 Éric Piel <eric.piel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The problem and fix are both verified with the "perf timechar" tool. > Hi, > I don't doubt that keeping the cpu full frequency during IO can > improve some specific workloads, however in your log message you > don't explain how much we are loosing. first of all, it's so bad that people will just turn the whole power management off... at which point fixing the really bad bug is actually quite a win > > How much more energy is consumed when doing a "updatedb" or "find /" ? on the machines I used this on (Core i7's) it's actually hardly measurable. All CPUs I have access to turn the voltage entirely off during idle, so while the frequency is higher, if you're mostly IO bound, it's only for very short durations... while still being mostly "off". -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
