[talk] apmd issue last night

Brett Mahar brett at coiloptic.org
Fri Feb 13 16:18:59 EST 2015


| > 
| > | | If you look at OpenBSD apmd(8), you won't see -C listed.  It was 
| > | deprecated at some point IIRC.  The correct flag to have in |
| > /etc/rc.conf.local is: | | apmd_flags="-A" | | This will autoadjust
| > the sysctl knob hw.setperf depending on how the | laptop is powered. 
| > |
| > 
| > In current, you can now set hw.setperf (via sysctl or
| > /etc/sysctl.conf) to -1. This will run your computer at hw.setperf=0,
| > and raise it to 100 when the machine is under load. This is better
| > than using apmd in many cases.
| 
| Ok.
| 
| But then you still need apmd running, right?  With any flags?

Hi George,

No need for ampd at all then. 

Brett.


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