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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:23:53 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new idle_proc() makes my laptop very hot 
Message-ID:  <200009212223.PAA02142@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:18:23 EDT." <Pine.GSO.4.21.0009211816030.7689-100000@rac3.wam.umd.edu> 

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> I can second this... on my PC the cpu used to run around about 84 degrees
> F with the case at 80 degrees F, now the cpu runs at about 91-93 degrees F
> while the case runs at 80 degrees F.

While you're tinkering with SMPng, be VERY SURE that you do not have acpi 
enabled (ie. make sure it's not in your kernel config).  We're not yet 
handling thermal management, and this *will* hurt you.

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]




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