On Saturday, May 04, 2013 09:57:54 AM Toralf Förster wrote: > On 05/03/2013 11:43 PM, Dirk Brandewie wrote: > > On 05/03/2013 02:26 PM, Toralf Förster wrote: > >> On 05/03/2013 11:10 PM, Dirk Brandewie wrote: > >>> > >>> ignore_nice_load is a feature of the ondemand governor. > >>> The intel_pstate driver is seeing the load presented by the BOINC client > >>> and is adjusting the pstate accordingly. > >> > >> Is the intel_pstate driver a choice for a notebook and friends where a > >> grid software is running as a low-prio back ground job ? > >> > > > > Probably not. > > Hhm. > > The kernel menuconfig says : > > This driver provides a P state for Intel core processors > The driver implements an internal governor and will become > the scaling driver and governor for Sandy bridge processors. > > > What shall a company like IBM with a lot of notebook installation running BOINC > in the back ground process (World Community Grid) do - what's the consequence for > those installations if they will have that a processor ? > > In the past (few years ago and related to the ondemand governor IIRC) there were > already a longer discussion about the "nice -n 19" topic and the result was > to support it. > > /me Cc:'ing boinc devs, the topic might be interesting for them too. One option might be to use the powerclamp driver along with intel_pstate to reduce the heat dissipation. Thanks, Rafael -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
