From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 17:59:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD7E2106564A for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:59:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980768FC12 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:59:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0K51004JXDYVEG40@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:59:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.72.251]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0K51008J0DYVP890@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:59:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:59:18 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080803195918.8f4c7500.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <20080803132309.GC93138@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20080803015053.e67a39ee.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20080803031912.GA38781@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080803135251.60d4bb7d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20080803132309.GC93138@dan.emsphone.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: Temperature monitoring on old desktop - Dell OptiPlex SX270? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:59:34 -0000 On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:23:09 -0500 Dan Nelson wrote: > >From what I can find on Intel's site for your CPU, TM is an emergency > switch that lowers the CPU speed to pervent overheating that could > damage the processor. Under normal circumstances, it should never > trip, and its on/off status (not temperature) is only readable by two > pins on the CPU. It can be disabled and enabled by software, but not > monitored. Ah, ok - that explains it. Not much use for me then. (Ok, it is good that this is there, but I can't use it for temperature monitoring) Thanks for explaining it! -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen