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authorGrzegorz Hasse <grzegorz.hasse@gmail.com>2017-12-06 16:32:27 -0800
committerGrzegorz Hasse <grzegorz.hasse@gmail.com>2017-12-06 16:37:52 -0800
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Update documentation for `low_power_mode`.
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/*
* Thread configuration for each thread. Make sure it matches the number above.
- * low_power_mode - This mode will double the cache usage, and double the single thread performance. It will
+ * low_power_mode - This can either be a boolean (true or false), or a number between 1 to 5. When set to true,
+ this mode will double the cache usage, and double the single thread performance. It will
* consume much less power (as less cores are working), but will max out at around 80-85% of
- * the maximum performance.
+ * the maximum performance. When set to a number N greater than 1, this mode will increase the
+ * cache usage and single thread performance by N times.
*
* no_prefetch - Some sytems can gain up to extra 5% here, but sometimes it will have no difference or make
* things slower.
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