From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:47:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:47:56 -0400 Received: from hq.fsmlabs.com ([209.155.42.197]:21167 "EHLO hq.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:47:56 -0400 From: Cort Dougan Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:48:39 -0600 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Dominik Brodowski , cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5.32] CPU frequency and voltage scaling (0/4) Message-ID: <20020828124839.F5492@host110.fsmlabs.com> References: <20020828134600.A19189@brodo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 11:47:54AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org It's even worse for some of the very new P4's that don't have their heatsink seated properly. They heat up every few minutes and then throttle themselves due to thermal overload. I think this situation is going to become more and more common, now. We're at the mercy of every BIOS and micro-code programmer now-a-days. That situation needs to be improved upon, as well. } The interface needs to be improved upon. It is simply _not_ valid to say } "run at this speed" as the primary policy.