Re: [ACPI] [PATCHES] ACPI Processor update [idle, throttling, thermal, cpufreq]

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> Glad you liked [at least parts] of my patches.

:-). [BTW what is status of powernow-k8? is it pending or does it need
to be fixed some more?]

> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 03:29:40PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > http://www.brodo.de/cpufreq_tmp/acpi-2.6.0-test4-processor_thermal_throttling
> > > 	Move throttling into its own submodule, and register it with the new
> > > 	passive cooling module. Also, the now-useless "limit" interface is
> > > 	removed.
> > > 
> > 
> > Actually I liked to be able to echo 0:7 > limit and conserve battery/
> > make sure machine does not overheat  with it...
> 
> echo 7 > throttling should do the same thing. 

Will not first change in thermal system unthrottle it for me, behind
my back?

> However, don't expect any
> battey conservation if ACPI C2 throttling works, and to set custom levels
> against "overheating" there's a write access to
> /proc/acpi/thermal/*/trip_points too...

I'd should not expect battery conservation *when cpu is idle*. If I'm
moving windows in X, 0:7 limit will actually help. And it should allow
battery to be drained further by limiting maximum amps eaten by
CPU. [Ok, that's little evil, but being able to run for 30 minutes+ on
0% battery is nice ;-)].
								Pavel
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