slowNice3.c  
-- a program for tasksetting processes that are niced to 19 -- version 0.3


Also skim the source code comments for more notes and usage pointers.


This is a rough testing verion that requires the xprintidle to function properly. 
It requires basic c build files to be compiled; see compile_notes. 
Under an admin shell (sudo bash) install xprintidle before using this program; 
for debian/mint/buntu this is installed by running:
apt-get install xprintidle

The clock script files modClock.run and asymClock.run should be modified to suit your 
CPU needs; please edit them. As they are, they've been written and tested for an 
a10-7870 and should work on similar A series desktop quadcores and related chips (eg. 
Athlon 860k ). For laptops, scripts from an older version may be more suitable:
http://ee.freeshell.org/slowNice_ver0.2/  http://ee.freeshell.org/runNice1919/

Simply modify the frequency rates to suit your processor. cpufreq-set will 
approximate to a near valid state if your guess is not an exactly available state. 
So, all you really need is a guess of a "fast" clockrate, a "slow" clockrate, and
a "moderate" clockrate for your particular CPU. "fast" ideally is the highest 
(non-turbo) clockspeed, and "moderate" is typically about 3/4 to 2/3 of that, where 
the CPU is much more energy efficient than at the highest speed, and where computer 
as a whole should be somewhat near its peak for energy used per task.

Enter the command cpufreq-info for available cpu frequency states (cpu-freq set will 
also approximate the next lowest frequency if you cpufreq-set a frequency that isn't 
precisely.)

Enter the command:
     man cpufreq-set 
for more information