cpu frequency on 6.0

[Bruno Ducrot]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 06:54:12AM +0200, Zoran Kolic wrote:
> Dear all!
> I'd like to know, prior to
> install upcoming 6.0, about
> putting cpu into cooler mo-
> de. On 5.4 and amd64 2800+ cpu
> (754, 0.13) with "acpi_ppc",
> it works fine and temperature
> is just over 30. Could I do the
> same with "device cpufreq" and
> "powerd_enable"?

Yes.

> Also, is it possible to tune
> celeron M processor (1400, says
> it has "stepping=5") the same way?

It's possible to use p4tcc (integrated onto cpufreq.ko)
I believe, but that will cool less the processor than other
techniques (as for example est for the pentium-M).

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