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Re: CPU Frequency -- min save value?



On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 13:25 +0100, Jochen Voss wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 12:40:27PM +0930, John Steele Scott wrote:
> > cpufreq drivers for ppc only support two speeds at the moment. So if you ask
> > for 200MHz, it will still give you 750MHz.
> I think that this is a hardware property of the CPU and not a property
> of the driver (at least for the 7447A CPU).  So it will ever be only
> two frequencies.
> 
> All the best,
> Jochen

No, I've read somewhere that apple laptops hardware allow four settings.
This, along with driver support, explains why they have such  good
battery life.



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