From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:16:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:16:11 -0400 Received: from paloma13.e0k.nbg-hannover.de ([62.159.219.13]:21229 "HELO paloma13.e0k.nbg-hannover.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:15:59 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Dieter =?iso-8859-1?q?N=FCtzel?= Organization: DN To: Andrew Grover Subject: Re: VCool - cool your Athlon/Duron during idle Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 14:16:03 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] Cc: Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20010827121600Z271704-760+6394@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Montag, 27. August 2001 12:42 schrieb Alan Cox: > > handle a too-hot cpu, but all C2/C3 gets you is reduced power when = > > idle. > > This results in better battery life on a laptop but that is irrelevant = > > on a > > desktop system. > > Thus speaks the country with chronic californian power shortages, and that > wouldn't sign up to a global accord on global warming 8) We are one step further, here in "old" Germany... http://www.powerplant-for-sale.com/en/index.htm :-))) > C2 and C3 are useful IMHO even on a desktop PC. The slight hit on the > transition is not noticable, the change on the power bill is. I second that. -Dieter