Frequency scaling survey

[Knapp]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Pastor JW
<pastor_jw at the-inner-circle.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 November 2008 11:41:53 am Knapp wrote:
>> douglas:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
>> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
>> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
>> douglas:~$ cat
>> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
>> 2,000,000 1,800,000 1,000,000
>> 2,000,000 1,800,000 1,000,000
>>
>> So what does this re ally mean?
>
> It MEANS that you ran a command on your machine without knowing what it does!
>  ;)
>
> He wants to know the options of the processor as far as slowing it down so it
> runs cooler (uses less power).  Laptop machines make great use of this
> feature to increase length of battery life.

Not true; I know cat and grep.


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Douglas E Knapp

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