Brook Milligan <[email protected]> writes: > On Sep 2, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a few net6501 that I am not yet using (have been sitting powered >> off). I am wondering how much is understood about the failure mode, and >> if setting the clock frequency much lower (half or quarter of max) would >> reduce heat and the likelihood of failure. For most of my uses, I need >> a box to do something simple (NTP, low-speed router), and really a >> net5501 is adequate. > > Interesting idea. I have a box I would be willing to try this on, as > I have it doing similar (generally low-power) things. How does one > control the clock frequency?
On NetBSD, see est(4), and machdep.est.frequency.*. I have used this on notebooks. It doesn't appear on my net5501 under netbsd-6. An i5-2310 (desktop) shows multiple frequencies but I have never tried to turn that down.
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