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Date:      Wed, 29 Dec 1999 20:49:22 +0100
From:      Rasmus Kaj <kaj@ns.Raditex.se>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        tsikora@powerusersbbs.com, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, kaj@ns.Raditex.se
Subject:   Re: Temperature
Message-ID:  <386A65C2.B2BFF596@Raditex.se>
References:  <19991229191516.17D671CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au>

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Peter Wemm wrote, about processor temp, etc:

> The main difference is that Linux halts the cpu in the idle loop, we don't.
> As a result the cpu is in a tight spin waiting for a process to become
> scheduleable.  I have some patches half-done that I've been working on for
> 4.0 that should probably be able to be adapted to the 3.x series.

The FAQ says that FreeBSD does use the HLT instruction when idle, is
this wrong?

	http://www.se.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/misc.html#AEN3561

// Rasmus


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