Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 19:53:49 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mobile ML <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Management of Thermal Message-ID: <20071008195349.035c3e33@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20071008111601.kfrb6qt8isw4owc0@0x20.net> References: <20071008172756.2aed69e7@meijome.net> <20071008173604.1e449ca2@meijome.net> <20071008111601.kfrb6qt8isw4owc0@0x20.net>
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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:16:01 +0200
Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> your temperature values are a little bit too high. On my Notebook
> (model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz) the CPU is
> at between 50°C - 60°C when I use normal desktop applications and up
> to 80°C when I compile something.
> You could open your case and look if there's dust in the airflow so
> the fans cannot blow out all the hot air.
> I only use the powerd with "-a adaptive -b adaptive" flags. There
> should be no need for the cpufreq module.
Hi Lars,
right. when doing nothing, or hardly anything, it sits around 70 or so. down to 40/50 if I'm on the train... so it does seem to work, just not when fully powered.
What I haven't configured at all is powerd (so it's using the defaults)...I've been wondering how all the components that I listed before interact with each other...for example, i don't want my CPU to be eating cycles (and power) @ 2 GHz when I'm doing nothing.
I'll try your suggestions (kill cpufreq,tweak powerd to see how it goes ).
BTW, how does one use/enable/configure speedstep features?
my CPU is
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz (1995.01-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6d8 Stepping = 8
Features=0xafe9fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x180<EST,TM2>
thx :)
B
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