Re: Re: Centrino speedstep

Dominik Brodowski
2005-01-06T16:14:40Z

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