cpu scaling questions

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:16:26PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
 > >>>>> "DJ" == Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> writes:
 > 
 > DJ> With p4-clockmod each core is independant, because it's not really
 > DJ> scaling, it's inserting waitstates in each clock tick per
 > DJ> 'thread'.
 > 
 > Does p4-clockmod actually save any power, reduce heat output or do
 > anything useful other than making the CPU act slower?

Allegedly it reduces heat by 'stretching' out a long running
job over a longer period of time.

	Dave

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