Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752816AbZGDVY7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:24:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752493AbZGDVYu (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:24:50 -0400 Received: from Cpsmtpm-eml107.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.11]:58134 "EHLO CPSMTPM-EML107.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752447AbZGDVYu (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:24:50 -0400 From: Frans Pop To: Felix von Leitner Subject: Re: Core i7 not scaling frequency down Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:24:50 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20090704203732.GA20170@codeblau.de> In-reply-To: <20090704203732.GA20170@codeblau.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907042324.51551.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jul 2009 21:24:52.0807 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE8E0D70:01C9FCED] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 542 Lines: 16 Felix von Leitner wrote: > Any ideas what I could do now to get the CPU to slow down? What cpu frequency governor are you using? Take a look in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/. I'd suggest ensuring you're using the "ondemand" governor as a first step in managing CPU speed. Cheers, FJP -- 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/