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Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH] Change default cpufreq governor from performance

To: "Liu, Jinsong" <jinsong.liu@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH] Change default cpufreq governor from performance to ondemand
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:10:18 +0000
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On 11/12/2008 14:59, "Liu, Jinsong" <jinsong.liu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Perhaps a boot-time option to set the initial default would be better?
>> 
>>  -- Keir
> 
> En, in fact we also think this solution, let command line parse to set initial
> default governor.
> However, it also need user to set at grub, compared with xenpm, seems xenpm
> tool is some convenient to user, since by xenpm user can get initial default
> governor and change governor on the fly.
> It's my draft thinking, and we can add boot-time option ASAP once you think
> needed.

Well a boot option would simply be another way to specify the initial
default? I would accept a patch to do that, and I won't accept your patch to
temporarily change performance to on_demand. Or we can do nothing, if
actually this isn't very important. Up to you.

 -- Keir



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