On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 09:57 +0100, Richard Hult wrote: > Hi, > > > Today I compiled the 2.6.9 stock kernel + Ben's suspend > > patch. However I am experiencing a lot of extra heet production as > > opposed to the 2.6.8.1 kernel. I have locked my cpu at the lowest > > frequency (it is fast enough), and with the 2.6.8.1 the fan was > > almost always off except with excessive loads. But while using > > the 2.9.6 the fans have to cool down my albook a lot more. > > > > I haven't made any significant change to my kernel config. I have > > a PowerBook5,4 running at 1,33 MHz (well 666 MHz actually). > > I can confirm this on my PowerBook 5,4 1.5GHz. Although the temperature > rise happened when upgrading from the debian kernel package for 2.6.7 to > 2.6.8. The idle temperature goes up ~4 degrees celcius, just by booting > with 2.6.8 or later instead of 2.6.7. A friend with the same model is > also experiencing this.
That's weird... I don't have an explanation off-hand. Ben.
