(btw ACPI 2.0 spec section 12.1.1 discusses this)
> From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel@suse.cz]
> > No, the ACPI standard requires CPUs to shut themselves down before
> > any damage would occur from overheading. Well, at least the 1.0b
> > version of the standard did; I haven't read 2.0 yet.
> BTW shut themselves down to halt, or shut themselves to
> *very* low speed?
Both. When a CPU overheats, the OS implements either active (turning on a
fan) or passive (cpu throttling). If the temperature still exceeds the
critical threshold, the OS must shut down.
> Slow down to 10% speed is what my toshiba does. Is there way
> back from such
> mode?
Once the temperature drops below the active and passive cooling thresholds,
the OS should stop its cooling measures, such as throttling.
That said, I seem to recall your laptop is doing throttling in a non-OS
visible way (BIOS) so I don't know under what circumstances it stops cpu
throttling.
Regards -- Andy
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