Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:42:55 -0300 | From | Cesar Eduardo Barros <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: quieten "power or thermal limit exceeded" messages |
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Em 30-08-2010 13:29, Jesse Barnes escreveu: > It's possible that the main issue here is bad thermal limits. There's > obviously a relationship between power and thermal output, but the > driver tries to monitor both. However it's up to the BIOS to provide > the driver with accurate thermal limits, as well as accurate power > limits. The power limits sound reasonable at 25W, thus the > informational output about 35W vs 25W (35W is what the MCP can handle, > but some platforms are designed to handle less, so they clamp it down a > bit). But the temp limits look all wrong. I'll see if I can find info > on getting better data into the driver...
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