Re: Is there any valid reason to add a script that only cause a PITA? Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1172
On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 10:20 +0000, darkestkhan wrote:
> 2011/6/18 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>:
> >
> >> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> >> > From: darkestkhan <darkestkhan@gmail.com>
> >> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >> > Subject: Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script
> >> > to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?
> >> > Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:55:58 +0000
> >> >
> >> > Did you know about the big kernel power regression?
> >> > My system (laptop) is always under 100% load no matter what the
> >> > frequency I'm on (BOINC).
> >> >
> >> > Some stats (kernel 2.6.39.2)
> >> > 2.17GHz -> >103°C (luckily BIOS is coming to rescue)
> >> > 1.67GHz -> ~94°C
> >> > 1.33GHz -> ~83°C
> >> > 1.00GHz -> ~74°C
> >> >
> >> > Are you still going to say that frequency doesn't change heat that much?
> >
> > No, that's why I ask. I don't know any computer that gets that hot, OTOH
> > I don't know that much computers.
>
> Laptops can get really hot rather fast, especially when you put them
> under constant high load.
>
> [snip]
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ralf
> >
>
> Somehow I have gut feeling that for audio you don't need performance -
> it is just that you need stable frequency.
I didn't thought about this, but I guess you're right. At least a very
old computer I had was much slower than my computer is today, even with
scaling set to ondemand.
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