Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:42:21 -0400 From: jason <jason@ec.rr.com> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: throttling cpu speed to run cooler Message-ID: <4183D27D.20207@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20041030210631.01704afe.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20041030210631.01704afe.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Robert Storey wrote: >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 >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > man acpi_thermal and man acpi. There are sysctl knobs to throttle your cpu.
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