Re: CPU throttling??

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Followup to:  <20030203211806.GA21312@codemonkey.org.uk>
By author:    Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Most (all?[1]) other modern x86 mobile processors behave the way I mentioned.
> AMD Powernow (K6 and K7), VIA longhaul/powersaver all have optimal voltages
> they can be run at when clocked to different speeds. By way of example, a table from
> my mobile athlon..
> 
>     FID: 0x12 (4.0x [532MHz])   VID: 0x13 (1.200V)
>     FID: 0x4 (5.0x [665MHz])    VID: 0x13 (1.200V)
>     FID: 0x6 (6.0x [798MHz])    VID: 0x13 (1.200V)
>     FID: 0xa (8.0x [1064MHz])   VID: 0xd (1.350V)
>     FID: 0xf (10.5x [1396MHz])  VID: 0x9 (1.550V)
> 
> Sure I *could* run that at 523MHz and still pump 1.550V into it,
> but why would I want to do that ?
> 
> 		Dave
> 
> [1] Unsure about the crusoe.
> 

Crusoe changes frequency and voltages on the fly, transparently to the
operating system.

	-hpa
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