Re: About p4-clockmod breakage/removal

Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14T11:42:45Z

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.
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