Re: flooded by "CPU#0: Running in modulated clock mode"

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > If i recall correctly it's hardware set, i'm not sure if BIOSes can modify
> > > that these days. One thing you may want to note is that in the modulated
> > > state the processor doesn't process interrupts and runs at a 50% clock
> >
> > No interrupts? That would mean almost dead machine.
> > Are you sure?
> 
> Yep, it's normally 50% modulation for 1ms or until the temperature drops
> below threshold, whichever comes first with interrupts remaining pending.

Ok, but that means (assuming machine is above treshold all the time)
that interrupts are only delayed by milisecond, and that machine does
no usefull work 50% of time, right?
								Pavel
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