Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com> writes:

> At 6:55 PM -0500 12/11/04, Michael wrote:
> >Good idea, we need as many testers as possible, the interrupt code still
> >has problems which seem to be 604 related ( at least the problems seem to
> >correlate, but the set is too small to be conclusive )
> 
> That reminds me - I have a patch that will enable power saving mode on 604.
> The CPU will support it, but doesn't have HID settings to go with it. It
> just needs a variable set to true in cpu_subr.c. It cut my fan noise in
> half, and after a day of idling the computer it seems just fine.

Try some performance tests before and after. Power-saving modes often
increase interrupt latency a great deal, with negative effects on
things like disk and network performance.

        - Nathan