[indiana-discuss] b111a: Power Management and nwam-issue ?

[Mark Haywood]

Lurie wrote:
>> That's not true.
>> cpupm mode can be changed by pmconfig on the fly.
>>     
>
> Should've been more specific in my reply, so:
>
> % vi /etc/power.conf  # Change to poll-mode
> % pfexec pmconfig
>
> % pfexec powertop # shows proc. always at max speed 
> % pfexec reboot # After the reboot, powertop shows proc. at lower freq.
>   

It is either a bug or your system isn't idle enough for poll-mode to 
lower the freq. either. I have successfully switched event-mode and 
poll-mode many times without a reboot.

Mark