notebook with lunar?

[Kok, Auke]

Zbigniew Luszpinski wrote:
> # cpufreq-set -g performance
> 
> (which always must be run as root) on my machine changes default ondemand 
> govenor to performance. However since I started to use ondemand govenor I do 
> not use performance govenor anymore (and will remove any governor except 
> ondemad on next kernel update).
> The ondemand behaviour can be very good observed by lining big module. At idle 
> CPU time check cpufreq-info to see it displays current CPU freq: 1000 MHz. 
> Then lin something big and on second console during lin run cpufreq-info to 
> see that CPU freq jumped to maximum (1800 MHz on my 3000+ CPU).
> After lining the CPU freq will go down to 1000 again waiting for another big 
> job.

ondemand is the best governor ATM and adviseable for anyone using a laptop. I
would even advice it to everyone running a *desktop* as well, as even there it
will lower your electrical bill significantly while not affecting performance
noticeably.