From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754898AbYHMIFU (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:05:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752281AbYHMIFD (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:05:03 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:52308 "EHLO gprs189-60.eurotel.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752232AbYHMIFB (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:05:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:06:18 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: kernel list Subject: 2.6.26: thinkpad x60 is cooled passively Message-ID: <20080813080618.GA16061@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! While verifying that -rc2 regression is gone, I noticed alarming stuff: 1) thinkpad x60 relies on passive cooling. You have nice 1.8GHz cpu, which goes away as soon as you load it. 2) after some time it decides that 100% cpu in 1.0GHz is fine for you, and it takes quite long to recover. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html