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Date:      Wed, 29 Dec 1999 15:07:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        tsikora@powerusersbbs.com, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Temperature 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912291503240.9022-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
In-Reply-To: <19991229191516.17D671CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au>

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[Taking out the -hackers crosspost]

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Peter Wemm wrote:

> 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.

Huh?!  So the FAQ is wrong?  (See
<http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/misc.html#AEN3561>.)

Also, when the did this (apparently) change?  The original poster referred
to this being a new problem.

- -- 
Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>
Owner/Administrator, zigg.com
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