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From: Dominik Brodowski <linux-X3ehHDuj6sIIGcDfoQAp7OTW4wlIGRCZ@public.gmane.org>
To: Vasileios Gkanis <gkanis-4fMUIQ/vbHD2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	Philipp Wollermann <phil_wo-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: High frequency sound when loading the processor module --   Please help
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:39:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050408203934.GA18490@isilmar.linta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200504081528.51796.gkanis-4fMUIQ/vbHD2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 02:28:51PM -0600, Vasileios Gkanis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have two objections to what you said:
> If what you are saying is correct (I am not arguing with you on the quality of 
> the switches ....you might be right ...)
> 1) I should hear this sound in Windows, but I do not
> 2) I should hear the sound only when the system switches between the states, 
> and not all the time. 
> 
> I think it is a driver issue.

It is the CPU being woken up 1000 times a second, thus switching between the
states indeed this often. You can either use HZ - modifying patch or a patch 
making the system "tickless" to avoid these sounds. Both patch types are 
quite / very experimental, however.

	Dominik


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-04-08 20:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-08 19:28 High frequency sound when loading the processor module -- Please help Vasileios Gkanis
     [not found] ` <200504081428.48477.gkanis-4fMUIQ/vbHD2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-08 19:47   ` Vasileios Gkanis
     [not found]     ` <200504081447.02303.gkanis-4fMUIQ/vbHD2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-08 20:20       ` Philipp Wollermann
     [not found]         ` <4256E783.9090607-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-08 20:28           ` Vasileios Gkanis
     [not found]             ` <200504081528.51796.gkanis-4fMUIQ/vbHD2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-08 20:39               ` Dominik Brodowski [this message]
     [not found]                 ` <20050408203934.GA18490-JwFqNg2GrOVrgjWwlLH9qw@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-08 20:46                   ` Vasileios Gkanis
2005-04-08 21:47                   ` Vasileios Gkanis
     [not found]                     ` <200504081647.30433.gkanis-4fMUIQ/vbHD2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-08 22:17                       ` Dominik Brodowski

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