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Message-ID: <20071120005443.GB9243@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:54:43 -0500
From: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@...lark.us>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Power Saving
On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 07:41:31PM -0500, Stephen Clark wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I am trying to get throttling to work on the following processor
I think by throttling, you actually mean changing frequency/voltage ?
(throttling is something else, where the CPU skips every n cycles,
which doesn't actually save any power)
> with linux 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 with no luck.
wow. that's a prehistoric kernel.
> AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+
you lose. Only the mobile athlons supported scaling their speed.
And even then, only if the BIOS supported it with the correct tables.
(Typically this means, "only laptops").
Dave
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