> > When this system is idle, does top (or prstat) show > > that the system is almost 100% in idle state? > > Never on 100%, but most of the time over 80%. The > other 20% are separated between "user" (ca. 17%) and > "kernel" (ca. 3%).
17% user cpu time is quite a lot for an "idle" system. Is any process visible in top / prstat that is consuming the user time? OTOH, if that system was already running quite hot and the cpu has already been throttled in hardware, the user / system increases, compared to the un-throttled system. > > Maybe the trick is to install Casper's frkit. > > IIRC, it includes an unsupported intel speedstep > > driver for older cpus. When the system is idle > > and cpu frequency is lowered the system should > > produce less heat... > > I give it a try, but I think there is already some > sort of speed control in it, because the system is > getting slower with more heat. IIRC, the pentium M cpu has a hardware feature to throttle the cpu when it gets too hot. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
