Len, >The "Power Limit Notification" (X86_FEATURE_PLN) was added in Sandy Bridge >to give the OS the option of knowing when the package has reached >a configured power threshold.
>printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU%d: %s power limit notification (total events = %lu) >printk(KERN_INFO "CPU%d: %s power limit normal\n" I'm seeing this on a widening number of systems, mostly newer Intel systems. >However, these events are quite routine on some systems under some conditions, >alarming customers and provoking un-necessary customer support calls. The idea that these are "routine" just doesn't make sense to me. Either this warning is firing for a valid reason or it isn't. If it isn't then the question remains -- why is it firing? Is it because of buggy FW or is something actually wrong with the hardware? P. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
