From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: About p4-clockmod breakage/removal Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:42:15 +0100 Message-ID: <20080514114215.GA31135@srcf.ucam.org> References: <48246C3E.7010608@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec> <200805132048.00653.lenb@kernel.org> <20080514005636.GA21608@srcf.ucam.org> <1210764974.29724.181.camel@queen.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mjg.x.mythic-beasts.com ([93.93.128.6]:60562 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753183AbYENLmp (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2008 07:42:45 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1210764974.29724.181.camel@queen.suse.de> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Thomas Renninger Cc: Len Brown , cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk, Alex =?iso-8859-1?B?VmlsbGFj7a1z?= Lasso , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:36:14PM +0200, Thomas Renninger wrote: > Also there is another interface via mce: > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c > > AFAIK this should be implemented in (all?) P4s, but Intel people should > know for sure. Hm. The MCE interface is only for reporting, rather than control. Do you know if it's possible to set the temperature at which the CPU will start its own throttling? That would potentially be more straightforward. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org