> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 10:09 +0200, Thomas Schoepf wrote: > > package: powernowd > > version: 0.97-1 > > severity: normal > > > > It seems that powernowd does not take into account the current system > cpu > > load, only user cpu load seems to be considered. > > > > E.g. VMware has a significant amount of computing load running in system > > space. Even if the cpu is 100% busy, if the user cpu load part is lower > than > > the threshold (by default 80%) then powernowd won't scale up the cpu > > frequency. > > Reading the source, system time is always included in the calculation. > There is an option to decide whether to include or exclude nice'd > processes, but user, system, irq, and softirq time is always included.
I've seen that, too. I don't know yet what the problem is, but every time my system feels slow and powernowd has not scaled up the frequency, the KDE system monitor shows me a noticeable amount of sys cpu load. Thomas -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]