Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753846AbYHLT3V (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:29:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750777AbYHLT3J (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:29:09 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:55325 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751390AbYHLT3I (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:29:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:27:21 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: S K , Zhao Yakui , Thomas Renninger , Alan Jenkins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cpufreq doesn't seem to work in Intel Q9300 Message-ID: <20080812192721.GB13880@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <514e099a0808100128u303207clcb22292db2f0cc59@mail.gmail.com> <1218418431.6671.52.camel@yakui_zhao.sh.intel.com> <514e099a0808102144n241c8e9ak255bded0a80744f1@mail.gmail.com> <20080811042244.469f8e1d@infradead.org> <20080811140206.GB3338@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080811071128.0165be50@infradead.org> <20080811160346.GB21292@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080811092047.42bf716b@infradead.org> <20080811162839.GA22450@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080811094428.6b69d744@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080811094428.6b69d744@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1205 Lines: 33 On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 09:44:28AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:28:39 +0300 > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > > > yes there is.. for cases where there is overtemperature. Think of > > > it as the emergency break in the subway. You really don't want to > > > use it but when you need it you're glad it's there. > > > > But this only helps when the cooling is working but not good enough, > > for the classic "fan broken" case it won't cool down enough. > > I would call this an unclassified statement for which you have no data > to show that it's correct, at least for Intel cpus in general. >... Sorry, I was a bit too surprised after your description. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/