On 2023-11-21, Laurence Perkins <lperk...@openeye.net> wrote: > I have a system here running an Intel N97 processor, which is idling > at 70-80C on Gentoo with all cores 99% idle. This is 40 degrees > hotter than it runs on Ubuntu or Windows 10. > > Powertop confirms that the CPU is spending nearly all of its time in > idle mode.
Are clock speeds being scaled down when idle? Or does the N97's "idle mode" preclude the need to scale down clock speed when not busy to avoid high temps?
