From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756702AbYIRPiO (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:38:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754701AbYIRPh6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:37:58 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.23]:2501 "EHLO smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752800AbYIRPh5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:37:57 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 443 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:37:57 EDT Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:30:32 +0200 From: Folkert van Heusden To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: ACPI idea: override max. frequency Message-ID: <20080918153032.GU4323@vanheusden.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: www.unixexpert.nl X-Chameleon-Return-To: folkert@vanheusden.com X-Xfmail-Return-To: folkert@vanheusden.com X-Phonenumber: +31-6-41278122 X-URL: http://www.vanheusden.com/ X-PGP-KeyID: 1F28D8AE X-GPG-fingerprint: AC89 09CE 41F2 00B4 FCF2 B174 3019 0E8C 1F28 D8AE X-Key: http://pgp.surfnet.nl:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1F28D8AE Reply-By: Wed Sep 17 21:27:26 CEST 2008 X-Message-Flag: Want to extend your PGP web-of-trust? Coordinate a key-signing at www.biglumber.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, The bios of the motherboard in my pc (a Gigabyte 965G-DS3) says the processor can go no faster than 2.133GHz while in reality this is 2.6GHz (it is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz). No newer bios is available so I was thinking: maybe an override switch can be added? Losing 0.5GHz is a bit of a waste. Folkert van Heusden -- Ever wonder what is out there? Any alien races? Then please support the seti@home project: setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com