On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 01:25:02PM +0300, Hasso Tepper wrote: > ... at least on modern machines. And because I'm having a problems with my > laptop temperature while doing heavy compiling work, I started to look at > it from start. > > Cx states are not detected at all on Core 2 CPU's at least in SMP case. I > think that I know the reason, but before I start hacking on it ... > > "ACPI idle hook not yet supported for SMP." What's the reason? what needs > to be done? etc
In addition we should really bring in NetBSD's est code. I have heat issues with an older laptop (read non-Core 2) that are mitigated by lowering the frequency for prolonged CPU intensive operations. I started working on bringing this in for support on my Core 2 laptop but am in the middle of final exams. Joe
