Andi Kleen wrote: > I think the misunderstanding on your side is relative to what there > is less heat. Throttling essentially reduces temporary heat spikes on > the silicon, but does not make the system overall take less power > or generate less heat as measured over a longer time because it will > be idle less. >
I don't understand this, and it seems wrong. Most machines spend most of their time doing nothing, or as close to nothing as they're allowed. Idle, in other words. Isn't it the case that an idle machine will use less power when throttled than when not? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/