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From: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>
To: Thomas Herrmann <ollo.diab-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: RE: K7 CPU disconnect & system lock
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:43:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040119214342.GC380@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21180.1074446641-oa/r6l4+J3Zmcu3hnIyYJQ@public.gmane.org>

Hi!

> the K7 cpu disconnect feature is a power save mode, where the CPU
> disconnects from the north bridge and goes into sleep mode. Any interrupt will wake-up
> the CPU which then needs to connect to the north bridge again to transfer
> data. While CPU disconnect enabled the idle temperature of the CPU drops from
> around 52C to 27C on my systems. On certain systems this feature can be enabled
> via BIOS, but there is also a tool called "athcool" which sets the
> configuration register.
> 
> I have attached the requested logs. As you will see while acpi=off certain
> devices (like USB) are not available due to no IRQ routing. All devices work
> fine with acpi enabled.

I believe that was traced to hw problem, see kernel list for nforce2
info.

								Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-01-19 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-18 17:24 K7 CPU disconnect & system lock Thomas Herrmann
     [not found] ` <21180.1074446641-oa/r6l4+J3Zmcu3hnIyYJQ@public.gmane.org>
2004-01-19 21:43   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2004-01-20 10:11     ` Thomas Herrmann

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