[mythtv-users] Cool'n'Quiet setup help

[Allen Edwards]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 5:03 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:

> Allen Edwards wrote:
>
>> I have an AMD 5400+ running Mythbuntu 8.10.  I would like to run
>> cool'n'quiet to cut the cpu temp and power.  I enabled it in the BIOS and
>> the results were unsatisfactory.  The program would stutter.  I could see
>> that the cpu was running at 1GHz during program mode and that wasn't enough.
>>
>> What I want to do is have the CPU at a low clock frequency but when there
>> is basically any activity at all, have it go to 100% clock.  For example,
>> right now the CPU is at .6%.  It would be nice if the clock was at a
>> minimum.  But if the cpu goes above, say 2%?, I want the CPU to go to max
>> clock so it wont stutter.
>>
>> I see instructions on the net how to do this but they are 3 years old and
>> experience has thought me that following instructions like this causes a
>> half day work getting the system working again because the instructions were
>> for an older system.
>>
>> So, can anyone with a system like mine who has enabled cool'n'quiet and
>> understands what I am saying help me out?
>>
>> Allen
>>
> This uses the cpufreq module which uses the threshold (% cpu) in:
>
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
>
> As root you can change this e.g.:
>
> echo -n 10 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
>
> Other params in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq can be changed as
> well:
>
> scaling_max_freq
> scaling_min_freq
> ondemand/ignore_nice_load
>
> If using Ubuntu you can set params on boot in the /etc/init.d/powernowd
> file. Add in the use_ondemand() function something like:
>
>           if [ -f $x"cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold" ]; then
>               echo -n 20 > $x"cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold"
>           fi
>
>
> If using Fedora the /etc/sysconfig/cpuspeed file allows you to tweak
> things.
>
> John
>

I apologize if this is a stupid question but I don't have a file
called up_threshold
on my system.  I do have powernowd but not cpufreq.  I can find online docs
for powernowd  but again they are many years old and I have to assume out of
date.

Allen
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