Re: Power Saving

H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-20T01:29:54Z

Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > and:
> > cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling
> > state count: 2
> > active state: T0
> > states:
> > *T0: 00%
> > T1: 50%
>
> See above. These are throttling states, used typically
> if the system is overheating.
>

And more importantly, there is no power advantages over T states as
opposed to C states. They pretty much mean pulsing the system in and
out of either C1 or C2 depending on the CPU/chipset.

-hpa