> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 01:46:55PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > For example, if I am compiling the kernel, my laptop will overheat and
> > > shutdown. So, I need to run apm -L in order to keep the temperature
> > > lower.
> >
> > Balony. What you are facing is that the acpi throttling code is not
> > handling your laptop fast enough. It is unrelated to the problem that
> > tedu is working on.
>
> Are you talking about the kernel acpi code or bios-related stuff?
"and who knows which is which"
> Anyway,
> I understand that my use case is not the best one -- I just wanted to
> make sure my understanding of the patch was correct.
Your usage case is "Give me a button to push".
> Eventually there are usage scenarios where setting the maximum
> performance to 50% (or whatever value) may make sense -- if you want to
> save some power, for example. Anyway, I was just trying to make sure
> everyone understands that this patch will, somehow, remove a feature
> currently available although I understand my case is absolutely
> irrelevant.
I don't believe it.
