Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: quieten "power or thermal limit exceeded" messages

Cesar Eduardo Barros
2010-08-30T21:43:06Z

Em 30-08-2010 13:29, Jesse Barnes escreveu:
> It's possible that the main issue here is bad thermal limits. There's
> obviously a relationship between power and thermal output, but the
> driver tries to monitor both. However it's up to the BIOS to provide
> the driver with accurate thermal limits, as well as accurate power
> limits. The power limits sound reasonable at 25W, thus the
> informational output about 35W vs 25W (35W is what the MCP can handle,
> but some platforms are designed to handle less, so they clamp it down a
> bit). But the temp limits look all wrong. I'll see if I can find info
> on getting better data into the driver...

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