On Sat, 7 May 2005 14:16:59 -0700 (PDT), chekov at alum.wpi.edu wrote: >I do have one more question though. I noticed that when my CPU was running >hot, the kernel itself was reporting the high temp and further switching >into "modulated clock mode". I assume this has something to do with the >CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL or CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL settings in the kernel. >Since the kernel seems to know when my proc is running over temp, I have to >assume it either knows the temp itself or has some tie into the alarm. any >way I could see into that stuff in userland? CPU temp and some (very limited) other stuff gets reported through ACPI. --Grant.
