Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:11:24 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: flooded by "CPU#0: Running in modulated clock mode" |
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Hi Pavel,
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > If i recall correctly it's hardware set, i'm not sure if BIOSes can modify > > > > that these days. One thing you may want to note is that in the modulated > > > > state the processor doesn't process interrupts and runs at a 50% clock > > > > > > No interrupts? That would mean almost dead machine. > > > Are you sure? > > > > Yep, it's normally 50% modulation for 1ms or until the temperature drops > > below threshold, whichever comes first with interrupts remaining pending. > > Ok, but that means (assuming machine is above treshold all the time) > that interrupts are only delayed by milisecond, and that machine does > no usefull work 50% of time, right?
Correct, it's actually not that observable on a non heavily loaded system. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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