From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: what is throttling? Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:05:04 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20041006100504.GA20212@dominikbrodowski.de> References: <20041006090408.GA17104@rap.rap.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041006090408.GA17104-EittdKFJ/bZ/SzgSGea1oA@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Keld =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn?= Simonsen Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 11:04:08AM +0200, Keld J=F8rn Simonsen wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I have googled around for a couple of hours to find out precisely what > throttling means. I did it before and found some useful information, bu= t > this time I did not find the relevant data. >=20 > I would like to find out, which state precisely that the CPU enters whe= n > throttling. Maybe it is different from CPU to CPU. Specifically I would > like to know if the CPU is completely powered off, my recollection of > some information I have seen earlier is that this may be the case. >=20 > And where is throttling done in the kernel? It's managed in the ACPI processor module. Specific, extensive documentat= ion will be added to the ACPI HOWTO soon. Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl