If it's a 500MHz Thinkpad, then I'm guessing it's something like a 600X.
That doesn't have Speedstep. The speed changes are done by some circuitry
in the laptop. I can try to find out more if this would help.
The newer machines are using Speedstep.
Tim
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 11:37:43PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > thanks, i just tested the "notsc" option (.config has CONFIG_X86_TSC
> > enabled=y, but CONFIG_M586TSC is not enabled.. if that's ok), but this time
> ...
> > boot and stay on battery power exclusively. did anyone else expect this
> > behaviour?
>
> Errmm no..
>
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