ACPI 6.1, CPUFreq Schedutil Provide Power Fun For Linux 4.7

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ACPI 6.1, CPUFreq Schedutil Provide Power Fun For Linux 4.7

16 May 2016, 10:00 PM

Phoronix: ACPI 6.1, CPUFreq Schedutil Provide Power Fun For Linux 4.7

The latest fun stuff worth mentioning for the Linux 4.7 kernel merge window are the ACPI and power management updates...

ACPI 6.1, CPUFreq Schedutil Provide Power Fun For Linux 4.7 - Phoronix

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19 May 2016, 02:30 PM

i disabled cpufreq and rely on the intel idle driver now. Its more efficient i believe(and so did an intel dev) but i didnt test it.
note that cpufreq can cause latency in the scheduler and but i believe the idle driver does as well, but then i wouldnt have nay power saving at all.

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