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Re: questions on ACPI



On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:31:12PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:02:04AM +0100, Lukasz Wiechec wrote:

> > PS: is it possible to find 'cpufreqd' equivalent for Pentium II?
> 
> No.  A Pentium II can only support throttling (like any Intel compatible
> up to 486 IIRC).  CPUFreq have not integrated throttling support on
> i386, apart for the P4 via it's internal clock modulation.
> 
> You may have throttling support via ACPI (T-State).  Look at
> /proc/acpi/processor/*/info

The cpudyn daemon in sid/testing can use the ACPI throttling support
on pre P4 processers, but according to its FAQ it may not work on all 
machines. It works nicely on my P3 Coppermine HP Pavilion N5490.

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