you could replace that 3.5" disk drive with a 2.5" one and save some more that way..
On Oct 18, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Joe S <[email protected]> wrote: > This isn't a problem and I'm not complaining, I'm just a bit curious > as apmd didn't save me as much power as I hoped for. I noticed that > apmd couldn't throttle my cpu in 4.9-RELEASE (amd64). However, since > March 2011, -CURRENT recognizes the K10 cpus, so I wanted to try it > out apmd on my HP Microserver. So I upgraded my system from > 4.9-RELEASE to a recent -CURRENT snapshot. When I run "apmd -C" > hw.setperf gets set to 0 and the hw.cpuspeed gets set to 800 MHz. That > was expected. I attached a Kill-a-Watt meter to my system to see what > kind of power savings I would experience with apmd enabled. I think my > expectations were a bit too high. I was only saving .5 watts when my > cpu was throttled down to 800 MHz from 1.3 GHz. I haven't seen many > posts on this subject, so I was wondering if the power savings of .5 > watts sounds normal, or if something is wrong on my end. > > OpenBSD 5.0-current (GENERIC.MP) #96: Thu Oct 6 16:12:43 MDT 2011 > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > real mem = 8554872832 (8158MB) > avail mem = 8313020416 (7927MB) > mainbus0 at root > bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xfb330 (35 entries) > bios0: vendor HP version "O41" date 09/30/2010 > bios0: HP ProLiant MicroServer > acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 > acpi0: sleep states S0 S4 S5 > acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC MCFG SPMI OEMB HPET EINJ BERT ERST HEST SSDT > acpi0: wakeup devices PCE2(S4) PCE3(S4) PCE4(S4) PCE5(S4) PCE6(S4) > PCE7(S4) PCE9(S4) PCEA(S4) PCEB(S4) PCEC(S4) SBAZ(S4) P0PC(S4) > PE20(S4) PE21(S4) PE22(S4) PE23(S4) > acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 32 bits > acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat > cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) > cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo N36L Dual-Core Processor, 1298.06 MHz > cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,MWAIT,CX16,POPCNT,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DN OW > cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 1MB > 64b/line 16-way L2 cache > cpu0: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 16 4MB entries fully associative > cpu0: DTLB 48 4KB entries fully associative, 48 4MB entries fully associative > cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz > cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) > cpu1: AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo N36L Dual-Core Processor, 1297.85 MHz > cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,MWAIT,CX16,POPCNT,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DN OW > cpu1: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 1MB > 64b/line 16-way L2 cache > cpu1: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 16 4MB entries fully associative > cpu1: DTLB 48 4KB entries fully associative, 48 4MB entries fully associative > ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 21, 24 pins > acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 > acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318180 Hz > acpi0: unable to load \\_SB_._INI.EXH1 > acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) > acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (P0P1) > acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PCE2) > acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (PCE4) > acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 3 (PCE6) > acpicpu0 at acpi0: PSS > acpicpu1 at acpi0: PSS > acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB > ipmi at mainbus0 not configured > cpu0: 1297 MHz: speeds: 1300 1100 800 MHz > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "AMD RS880 Host" rev 0x00 > ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 vendor "Hewlett-Packard", unknown > product 0x9602 rev 0x00 > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 > vga1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200" rev 0x00 > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) > radeondrm0 at vga1: apic 2 int 18 > drm0 at radeondrm0 > ppb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "AMD RS780 PCIE" rev 0x00: msi > pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 > em0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 MT (82574L)" rev 0x00: > msi, address 00:1b:21:a8:61:9a > ppb2 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "AMD RS780 PCIE" rev 0x00 > pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 > bge0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5723" rev 0x10, BCM5784 A1 > (0x5784100): apic 2 int 18, address 78:ac:c0:f7:96:05 > brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5784 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 4 > ahci0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "ATI SBx00 SATA" rev 0x40: apic 2 int > 19, AHCI 1.2 > scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets > ohci0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int > 18, version 1.0, legacy support > ehci0 at pci0 dev 18 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17 > usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 > uhub0 at usb0 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 > ohci1 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int > 18, version 1.0, legacy support > ehci1 at pci0 dev 19 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17 > usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 > uhub1 at usb1 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 > piixpm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "ATI SBx00 SMBus" rev 0x42: polling > iic0 at piixpm0 > admtemp0 at iic0 addr 0x18: Xeon > iic0: addr 0x19 05=c2 06=11 07=a2 words 00=00f7 01=0000 02=0000 > 03=0000 04=0000 05=c208 06=1131 07=a203 > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM ECC PC3-10600 with thermal sensor > spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM ECC PC3-10600 with thermal sensor > pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1 "ATI SB700 IDE" rev 0x40: DMA, > channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to > compatibility > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1: <VB0250EAVER> > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238475MB, 488397168 sectors > wd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 > pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "ATI SB700 ISA" rev 0x40 > ppb3 at pci0 dev 20 function 4 "ATI SB600 PCI" rev 0x40 > pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 > ohci2 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int > 18, version 1.0, legacy support > ehci2 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17 > usb2 at ehci2: USB revision 2.0 > uhub2 at usb2 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 > pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 10h HyperTransport" rev 0x00 > pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 10h Address Map" rev 0x00 > pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 10h DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00 > km0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 10h Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 > pchb4 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "AMD AMD64 10h Link Cfg" rev 0x00 > usb3 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub3 at usb3 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb4 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub4 at usb4 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > isa0 at pcib0 > isadma0 at isa0 > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > kbc: cmd word write error > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > spkr0 at pcppi0 > usb5 at ohci2: USB revision 1.0 > uhub5 at usb5 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support > umass0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "TSST Inc SES084D" > rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 > umass0: using ATAPI over Bulk-Only > scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 > cd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, CDDVDW SE-S084D, TS01> ATAPI > 5/cdrom removable > uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Dell Dell USB > Keyboard" rev 1.10/3.01 addr 2 > uhidev0: iclass 3/1 > ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes > wskbd0 at ukbd0 mux 1 > wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0 > vscsi0 at root > scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets > softraid0 at root > scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets > root on wd0a (2c782ea746d144d1.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
