Frequency scaling survey

[Pastor JW]

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.



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