Re: Improving High-Load Performance with the Ondemand Governor [PATCH ATTACHED]

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:25:44 +0200
Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On the Opteron or Xeon system? That would mean that reducing frequency
> from OS still is an important power consumption knob even on latest
> Westmere systems.

it is for staying out of the turbo range. the turbo range is not power
efficient (but good for performance)

below turbo, the actual impact is a LOT less....

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