wow ! 5.3 -> 5.4 ->

[Danny Pansters]

On Sunday 20 March 2005 23:19, Alex D'Elia wrote:
> Hello dear people @ freebsd
>
> something wonderfull ( at least in my case ) happened
> since the last update of the base system on a sony vaio
> laptop ( CPU: Intel Pentium III (694.84-MHz 686-class CPU) )
>
> before, when the machine was compiling, it was getting
> at 82 degrees with 100% CPU
>
> now, with 100% CPU it gets at maximum 52 degrees.
>
> what happened between 5.3 and 5.4-PRERELEASE ?
>
> thanks alot,
> alex

Well, obviously it got a lot cooler :) 
And 5.5 will have software CPU cooling.

Seriously: I don't know the cause, could be anything. I wouldn't jump to 
conclusions about 5.3 -> 5.4.

Interesting observation though.

Dan