From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 19:05:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A488D16A402 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 19:05:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 712CE13C4AE for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 19:05:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 13294 invoked from network); 1 May 2007 19:05:33 -0000 Received: from ppp-71-139-7-60.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO ?10.0.0.235?) (nate-mail@71.139.7.60) by root.org with ESMTPA; 1 May 2007 19:05:33 -0000 Message-ID: <46378F75.6020007@root.org> Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 12:05:25 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070424) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Anderson References: <4630BCC4.10601@freebsd.org> <4637860D.8060603@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4637860D.8060603@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU temp AC vs Battery X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 19:05:32 -0000 Eric Anderson wrote: > On 04/26/07 09:52, Eric Anderson wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've just noticed something very odd. On my Dell D820 laptop, when >> running off AC power from boot, by idle CPU temperature sits around 58C. >> >> If I unplug the power, and then plug it back in again, it will drop >> down to around 49-50C within a minute or two. It will stay there. >> With or without powerd running. > > > Another note: > > If I boot up without the AC adapter plugged in, it still runs hot. Only > the transition from AC -> battery seems to make a difference. > > Anyone with some ideas?? Does the temp change at all or is it stuck at 58C? If stuck, maybe the reading is incorrect and something in the AC line transition kicks the EC back into operation. If it changes, then perhaps something is generating a lot of interrupts (perhaps SMI or SCI irqs). More debug prints from the acpi-ca Notify routine caller would help zero in. -- Nate