From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFybg-0002nO-B0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41027E027A; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F51E027A for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from stork.gentoo.org (stork.gentoo.org [64.127.104.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1600664FF for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmorph by stork.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MFybe-0005T5-16 for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:18 +0000 From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-amd64-faq.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: gentoo-amd64-faq.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en X-VCS-Committer: nightmorph X-VCS-Committer-Name: Joshua Saddler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: Sender: Joshua Saddler Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:18 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f8c01fb9-c895-4a94-971e-3233b57ca013 X-Archives-Hash: 2635c2af19560b345ff2db7088428bfc nightmorph 09/06/14 22:55:18 Modified: gentoo-amd64-faq.xml Log: the hell with using cpudyn. it's antiquated, outdated, and a bitch to c= onfigure. now using cpufrequtils, which is extremely simple. also updated= the kernel config, as it was completely outdated with recent kernels. fo= rtunately, most of these options should already be set in the default con= fig, so users won't have to change much. plus it works better for em64t u= sers, too. less focused exclusively on AMD chips Revision Changes Path 1.35 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gent= oo-amd64-faq.xml?rev=3D1.35&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gent= oo-amd64-faq.xml?rev=3D1.35&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gent= oo-amd64-faq.xml?r1=3D1.34&r2=3D1.35 Index: gentoo-amd64-faq.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- gentoo-amd64-faq.xml 13 Jun 2009 07:38:31 -0000 1.34 +++ gentoo-amd64-faq.xml 14 Jun 2009 22:55:17 -0000 1.35 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + =20 Gentoo Linux/AMD64 Frequently Asked Questions @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ =20 -1.25 -2009-06-13 +1.26 +2009-06-14 =20 Questions @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
-How do I use Cool'n'Quiet/PowerNow features? +How do I use Cool'n'Quiet/PowerNow/SpeedStep features? =20

@@ -232,31 +232,38 @@ to enable the features below:

=20 -
+
 Power management options --->
   [*] Power Management support
-CPU Frequency scaling --->
+  [*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support --->
+    <*>   Processor
+    <*>     Thermal Zone
+  CPU Frequency scaling --->
   [*] CPU Frequency scaling
-  [*] CPU frequency table helpers
-  [*] AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!
+         Default CPUFreq governor (ondemand) --->
+  -*-   'performance' governor
+  <*>   'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling
+  -*-   'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor
+  <*>   ACPI Processor P-States driver
+  <*>   AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!
+-*- CPU idle PM support
 

=20
 

-Then emerge cpudyn and edit /etc/conf.d/cpudyn with =
your
-favorite editor.
+Then emerge cpufrequtils and edit /etc/conf.d/cpufrequtils<=
/path>
+with your favorite editor.
 

=20
-
-INTERVAL=3D1
-CPU_UP=3D0.5
-CPU_DOWN=3D0.9
-THROTTLING_LOW=3D7
-CPUFREQ_25=3D"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq /sysfs/devices/system=
/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq"
-CPUFREQ_ACPI=3D"/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling"
+
+# Options when starting cpufreq (given to the 'cpufreq-set' program)
+START_OPTS=3D"--governor ondemand"
+
+# Options when stopping cpufreq (given to the 'cpufreq-set' program)
+STOP_OPTS=3D"--governor performance"
 

=20
 

-Now you only have to run rc-update add cpudyn default to make sur=
e it is
+Now you only have to run rc-update add cpufrequtils boot to make =
sure it is
 started every time you boot.
 

=20