Re: [PATCH] 3/3 Dynamic cpufreq governor and updates to ACPI P-state driver

[Dominik Brodowski]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 04:32:43PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > Yes indeed. She wants to set a cpufreq policy which suits of her needs: 
> > it consists of a
> > - minimum frequency	=> not too low [she's plugged in]
> 
> I just hope minimum frequency is not going to be
> honoured in case of overheat.
>
> Issue is what happens if user specifies range containing no
> valid frequency. Kernel currently uses next _higher_
> frequency, but going for next lower one seems to be
> important (burning cpus, exploding batteries, ...)

Yes, that's one bug my acpi patchset addresses.

	Dominik
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