linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18 regression: cpufreq broken since 2.6.18-rc1 on pentium4

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:50:07 -0700
From:	"David Rees" <drees76@...il.com>
To:	"bert hubert" <bert.hubert@...herlabs.nl>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Tomasz Torcz" <zdzichu@....pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	zwane@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: 2.6.18 regression: cpufreq broken since 2.6.18-rc1 on pentium4

On 7/30/06, bert hubert <bert.hubert@...herlabs.nl> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 09:46:51PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> > as a side note ... you realize that clockmod doesn't actually save you
> > any power right? ;)
>
> Indeed, and I've measured that too. But it saves an awful amount of noise!

If it doesn't save you power, how does it reduce noise? I guess it
keeps you from overheating your processor which causes the fan to spin
up?

-Dave
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