From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: Re: Centrino speedstep Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:14:40 +0100 Message-ID: <20050106161440.GD10011@dominikbrodowski.de> References: <20041228212653.GA8436@dominikbrodowski.de> <20041229181834.GA19199@poupinou.org> <41D42E88.5080800@mega.ist.utl.pt> <41D43A9F.5050507@mega.ist.utl.pt> <16852.15668.315630.700537@phoenix.squirrel.nl> <41D4AA9F.7080200@mega.ist.utl.pt> <20041231082524.GA8312@dominikbrodowski.de> <16861.5376.560582.314813@aber.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16861.5376.560582.314813-4CLdheC3Iye1Qrn1Bg8BZw@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Fred Labrosse Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:37:52AM +0000, Fred Labrosse wrote: > Dominik Brodowski writes: > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:25:51AM +0000, Pedro Venda wrote: > > > also, how exactly can I use ACPI throttling? because with the speestep > > > driver, I can't go below 600MHz, but 12% of maximum frequency is 180MHz > > > which I can reach using ACPI throttling. > > > > but throttling doesn't save you anything. > > > > Well, it makes it run slightly cooler, so saves on fan power. Or am I > mistaken? If there is indeed a correlation with the fan power, indeed. Usually this isn't the case, and then it doesn't matter at all. Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt