From a7e7b1703a61a4cb4c2364fa00fb6988d2b4cd89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Lissner <henrik@lissner.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:06:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] hosts/{ao,shiro}: tweak cpu governors

---
 hosts/ao/hardware-configuration.nix    | 1 +
 hosts/shiro/hardware-configuration.nix | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hosts/ao/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/ao/hardware-configuration.nix
index 6b8ad222..587f031a 100644
--- a/hosts/ao/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/ao/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
   ## CPU
   nix.maxJobs = lib.mkDefault 2;
+  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = "ondemand";
 
   ## Harddrives
   fileSystems = {
diff --git a/hosts/shiro/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/shiro/hardware-configuration.nix
index bdd8d54d..9b82ba42 100644
--- a/hosts/shiro/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/shiro/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 
   # CPU
   nix.maxJobs = lib.mkDefault 8;
-  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkDefault "ondemand";
   hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = true;
+  # performance gives better battery life/perf than ondemand on sandy bridge and
+  # newer because of intel pstates.
+  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = "performance";
 
   # Power management
   environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.acpi ];