diff -u -U 2 -r -N -d linux-2.6.9.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c linux-2.6.9/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c	2004-10-18 22:55:27.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.9/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c	2004-11-06 13:08:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 	unsigned int		sampling_down_factor;
 	unsigned int		up_threshold;
 	unsigned int		down_threshold;
+	unsigned int		ignore_nice;
 };
 
 struct dbs_tuners dbs_tuners_ins = {
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
 show_one(sampling_down_factor, sampling_down_factor);
 show_one(up_threshold, up_threshold);
 show_one(down_threshold, down_threshold);
+show_one(ignore_nice, ignore_nice);
 
 static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct cpufreq_policy *unused, 
 		const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -189,6 +191,22 @@
 	return count;
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_ignore_nice(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
+		const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned int input;
+	int ret;
+	ret = sscanf (buf, "%u", &input);
+	down(&dbs_sem);
+	if ( ret == 1 ) {
+		if ( input > 1 )
+			input = 1;
+		dbs_tuners_ins.ignore_nice = input;
+	}
+	up(&dbs_sem);
+	return count;
+}
+
 #define define_one_rw(_name) 					\
 static struct freq_attr _name = { 				\
 	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0644 }, 	\
@@ -200,6 +218,7 @@
 define_one_rw(sampling_down_factor);
 define_one_rw(up_threshold);
 define_one_rw(down_threshold);
+define_one_rw(ignore_nice);
 
 static struct attribute * dbs_attributes[] = {
 	&sampling_rate_max.attr,
@@ -208,6 +227,7 @@
 	&sampling_down_factor.attr,
 	&up_threshold.attr,
 	&down_threshold.attr,
+	&ignore_nice.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -247,6 +267,10 @@
 	/* Check for frequency increase */
 	total_idle_ticks = kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.idle +
 		kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.iowait;
+	/* consider 'nice' tasks as 'idle' time too if required */
+	if (dbs_tuners_ins.ignore_nice == 0)
+		total_idle_ticks += kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.nice;
+	
 	idle_ticks = total_idle_ticks -
 		this_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_up;
 	this_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_up = total_idle_ticks;
@@ -346,10 +370,12 @@
 		
 		this_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_up = 
 				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.idle +
-				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.iowait;
+				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.iowait +
+				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.nice;
 		this_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_down = 
 				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.idle +
-				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.iowait;
+				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.iowait +
+				kstat_cpu(cpu).cpustat.nice;
 		this_dbs_info->enable = 1;
 		sysfs_create_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group);
 		dbs_enable++;
@@ -368,6 +394,7 @@
 			def_sampling_rate = (latency / 1000) *
 					DEF_SAMPLING_RATE_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER;
 			dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = def_sampling_rate;
+			dbs_tuners_ins.ignore_nice = 0;
 
 			dbs_timer_init();
 		}