On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:28 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:35:19AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> >T-state is Processor Clock Throttling state. It is designated to throttle >>> >the >>> >processor clock in a few specific situations, like the CPU temperature >>> >exceeds a threshold value. >>> > >>> >T-state is defined in ACPI spec and need BIOS implementation to get >>> >supported. The warning message means T-state is not supported on >>> >your machine. This is mostly because the BIOS doesn't support it. >>> >>> Many systems don't support this, certainly older systems. The system >>> should not give an error message. >>> >>> >Don't worry, your system won't be impacted at all without T-state support. >>> >BIOS and Solaris kernel will cover all the cases of T-state. >> >>Ahhhh - ok. Thanx for explaination. IIRC the Intel SpeedStep thing is >>disabled in the BIOS (its a i2500PAL board). Or perhaps there is another >>related option, which sounds not as intuitive as it should ;-) >> >>> But the code should be fixed. >> >>Yes - or adding a hint in a wiki/glossary for snv/opensolaris (is there >>one?) might help to get a googable answer quickly as well ... > > > The system should not produce scaring messages when there is no action to > be taken. > > (I see the same message on an old P3; we don't support any form of > speedstep on that) > > > Casper > Add Anup and Mark to this thread, since they are T-state author.
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