Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261861AbUKWC4R (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:56:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262550AbUKWCzm (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:55:42 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:26595 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261861AbUKWCva (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:51:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:50:04 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Len Brown Cc: Adrian Bunk , Chris Wright , Linus Torvalds , Bjorn Helgaas , Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: why use ACPI (Re: 2.6.10-rc2 doesn't boot (if no floppy device)) Message-ID: <20041123025004.GM17249@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Len Brown , Adrian Bunk , Chris Wright , Linus Torvalds , Bjorn Helgaas , Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton References: <20041115152721.U14339@build.pdx.osdl.net> <1100819685.987.120.camel@d845pe> <20041118230948.W2357@build.pdx.osdl.net> <1100941324.987.238.camel@d845pe> <20041120124001.GA2829@stusta.de> <1101148138.20008.6.camel@d845pe> <20041123004619.GQ19419@stusta.de> <1101172056.20006.153.camel@d845pe> <20041123013720.GA4371@stusta.de> <1101178052.20007.196.camel@d845pe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101178052.20007.196.camel@d845pe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 24 On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:47:32PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > > > Also, CPUFREQ usually often on ACPI, and that can save > > > power even when the system is not idle, and this results > > > in lower temperatures and hopefully slower fan speeds. > > > > My computer has a desktop Athlon... > > maybe Dave can determine if there is a governor that can help you. > > cheers, > -Len desktop athlons tend not to have powernow. And those that do (usually by someone transplanting a mobile part into a desktop board), hit the problem where the BIOS has no idea what the hell is going on, and sets up no PST tables. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/