linux-kernel - Re: [Acpi4asus-user] [PATCH 1/1] cpufreq: eeepc 900 frequency scaling driver

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Message-ID: <71cd59b00811240858p3b830c73qc2742023d2977054@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:58:57 +0100
From:	"Corentin Chary" <corentin.chary@...il.com>
To:	"Tom Hughes" <tom@...pton.nu>
Cc:	"Thomas Renninger" <trenn@...e.de>,
	acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>,
	"Cristiano Prisciandaro" <cristiano.p@...net.ch>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Acpi4asus-user] [PATCH 1/1] cpufreq: eeepc 900 frequency scaling driver

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Tom Hughes <tom@...pton.nu> wrote:
> Corentin Chary wrote:
>
>> Why not just modprobe p4-clockmod ?
>> It already has all we want and works perfectly well.
>
> My understanding is p4-clockmod doesn't really change anything at all and
> doesn't gain you any real benefit. I know lots of web pages tell you to use
> it on the eee but everything I've read says that is nonsense.

Just modprobe p4-clockmod
- use cpufreq to go to the lower frequency
- run something cpu intensive
- go to the higher frequency (900mghz)
- you'll see the difference

at least, it works with my eeepc 700, maybe 900 is different for that,
but it seems unlikely to me.
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