in the apm setup...
clock throttling is a subject of some debate on the linux kernel list... ;)
but the apm idle call will at least idle the cpu once the idle loop has
been running for a while.
joelja
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, David Grant wrote:
> There is a program for Windows called CPUIdle, which cools the Athlon
> tremendoulsy. I can get my temp. from 52C down to 36C. It makes the CPU
> truly go idle. Is there anything like this for Linux, and I'm wondering if
> anyone knows the instructions (and/or signals) which could be used to put
> the Athlon into this state. I guess it's more of a question for some APM
> guys, but I thought some people here might know the interface to the Athlon,
> and might thus know how this software cooling works. Actually the low-level
> apm stuff is part of the kernel right? so maybe this is on-topic.
>
> http://www.cpuidle.de/
>
> Cheers,
> David Grant
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