>>> Andi Kleen <[email protected]> 06.06.07 14:18 >>>
>
>>
>> Yes, this could be an issue. Is there any way to get an interrupt or MCE
>> when thermal throttling occurs?
>
>Yes you can get an thermal interrupt from the local APIC. See the Linux
>kernel source. Of course there would be still a race window.
>
>On the other hand some timing issues on throttling are probably
>the smallest of the users' problems when it really happens.
Not if this results in your box hanging - I think throttling is exactly intended
to keep the box alive as long as possible (and I've seen throttling in action,
with the box happily recovering from the situation - after having seen it a
few times I checked and found the fan covered with dust).
>Standard Linux just ignores it.
Jan
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