Re: 2.6.18 regression: cpufreq broken since 2.6.18-rc1 on pentium4

From: bert hubert
Date: Mon Jul 31 2006 - 04:10:58 EST


On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 12:50:07AM -0700, David Rees wrote:
> >Indeed, and I've measured that too. But it saves an awful amount of noise!
>
> If it doesn't save you power, how does it reduce noise? I guess it
> keeps you from overheating your processor which causes the fan to spin
> up?

I have no idea. Perhaps heat production moves somewhere else. But you are
free to come listen to the difference p4-clockmod makes for me.

Thanks.

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