Subject: Re: MIPS power management support ??
To: None <port-cobalt@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 05/30/2001 09:49:47
thorpej@zembu.com wrote;
>> NetBSD/cobalt does not have it inside. MIPS processor manufactures
>> implemented power saving instructions in incompatible ways.
>> MIPS/hpcmips for WinCE devices uses its own power saving hook when the
>> NEC Vr process is idle. So, it should not be hard to add QED specific
>> power saving stuff mimicking Vr.
>
> I just implemented this and tested it on my Algorithmics P-5064. The
> QED RM5260 CPU in it now runs cool to the touch (in fact, about as cool
> as when the entire machine is powered off). Heh, the Ethernet chip now
> runs hotter than the CPU :-)
>
> It's committed to -current.
Ah, it's a cool running. "Thank you, Coach..." :-)
Tohru Nishimura