On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Lucas Stach <dev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use the fam15h_power driver to measure my processors power > consumption, but it gives me clearly wrong values. With a completely > idle system the processor claims to be using 125261718µW, which would > mean the processor operates at it's TDP limit. With all cores 100% > loaded it claims to be using 130675781µW which I can't believe as this > would mean the processor violates it's own spec. You have to read the vendor documentation carefully... TDP numbers are *not* necessarily the maximum power draw. They are the *design* point for a thermal solution. Further confusion is created by Intel and AMD using similar terms to refer to different concepts. Phil P. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
