[Bug 16072] [HP Pavilion dm1-1110ev] Cpufreq doesn't work at all ( Intel Celeron U2300 )

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--- Comment #22 from Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>  2010-10-24 23:10:02 ---
> But just to make certain: in case of overheating, where does linux control the
> thermal protection of these CPU's? Especially now, WITHOUT drivers?
There is for example a HW based thermal protection.
The HW will throttle (same technique as p4_clockmod) automatically and send a
MCE (Machine Check Exception) to inform the user.
Compare with:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
Even if this should not be implemented, the CPU will always have a "switch off
hard" mechanism in case of not working or missing fans and similar.

> If the
> answer here is p4_clockmod (or acpi-cpufreq), one might even think about
> raising the importance of this bug, considering the potential overheating
> isues, which are of course not uncommon in notebooks.
As it's not only HP, but several vendors (every?) showing this issue with this
specific CPU model, I expect it's working as designed.

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