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Re: Bug#110273: ITP: lvcool -- "cools" the AMD K7 (Athlon/Duron) CPU



On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 03:08:21PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Package: lvcool
> Description: "cools" the AMD K7 (Athlon/Duron) CPU
>  This little utility will cool your Athlon/Duron processor on Via
>  KT133 or KX133(A) (VT8363 or VT8371/VT82C686x) chipsets during idle
>  states. It switches to STPGNT mode and works "more effective" than
>  kernels HLT command.

This tool is not necessary; ACPI support in the kernel will do it
automatically.  I saw a >10 degree celcius drop in my CPU temperature
when I ran an ACPI enabled kernel.  It essentially puts out no heat at
all when idle now.

noah

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