On Thursday 12 April 2007 17:10, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > Hello, > > I'm almost sure by laptop is burning [almost] and yet, no throttling > change is happening. > The only wierd thing I can find is the fact that: > euler ~ # cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/info > processor id: 0 > acpi id: 0 > bus mastering control: yes > power management: yes > throttling control: yes > limit interface: yes > euler ~ # cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling > state count: 4 > active state: T0 > states: > *T0: 00% > T1: 25% > T2: 50% > T3: 75% > euler ~ # ls -la /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/ > total 0 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 12 22:07 . > dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 0 Apr 12 15:26 .. > > Isn't it wierd that although I have throttling control, there are no > thermal zones? > > I'm almost sure throttling should be activated... my laptop is > practically burning my hands as I write this.... Is there anything I > can check out? Cat /proc/cpuinfo will tell if the hardware has automatic throttling for thermal emergencies. However, the real question is why you're having a thermal emergency in the first place. Is there dust blocking the fan? -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
