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From: Cort Dougan <cort@fsmlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:48:39 -0600
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5.32] CPU frequency and voltage scaling (0/4)
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It's even worse for some of the very new P4's that don't have their
heatsink seated properly.  They heat up every few minutes and then throttle
themselves due to thermal overload.  I think this situation is going to
become more and more common, now.  We're at the mercy of every BIOS and
micro-code programmer now-a-days.  That situation needs to be improved
upon, as well.

} The interface needs to be improved upon. It is simply _not_ valid to say
} "run at this speed" as the primary policy.
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