Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:06:31 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: throttling cpu speed to run cooler Message-ID: <20041030210631.01704afe.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Dear All, I've been looking for a utility to reduce cpu speed to make my laptop run cooler. Ideally, it should reduce cpu speed to about 20% when speed is not needed, and restore speed to 100% when the load requires it. There is such a utility for Linux, called powernowd: http://www.deater.net/john/powernowd.html Using this with Debian, my cpu temperature drops by about 15 degrees Celsius! I'm just wondering if a utility similar to powernowd already exists for FreeBSD? I did search the mailing list archives and found some talk about developing just such a program, but never found out if it was finally done, and what the said package might be called. regards, Robert
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