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From: Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr>
Subject: Re: Using a temperature sensor with 1-bit output for CPU throttling
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:51:49 +0200
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On 23/07/2015 11:19, Mason wrote:

> Does the cpu_cooling driver written by Amit Daniel also support
> disabling/off-lining entire cores in multi-core systems, not just
> throttling the frequency of the cores?

According to Javi Merino, the answer is no.

He also pointed out the latest attempt to merge such a feature:

[RFC PATCH] thermal: add generic cpu hotplug cooling device
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.documentation/15658

Regards.