From: | Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> | ||
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To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
Subject: | [gentoo-user] Re: Varying clocks freqs of CPU ? | ||
Date: | Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:15:20 | ||
Message-Id: | icjkl7$89k$1@dough.gmane.org | ||
In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Varying clocks freqs of CPU ? by meino.cramer@gmx.de |
1 | On 11/24/2010 07:00 PM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
2 | > |
3 | > Hi, |
4 | > |
5 | > new features, new problems... |
6 | > Recent multi-core CPUs modify the clock freqs of their core |
7 | > if only a subset of all cores are used. |
8 | > |
9 | > Are their any CONFIGs need to be set in the linux kernel to |
10 | > guarantee a stable system running those kind of CPUs ? |
11 | |
12 | Not necessary. The clocks are changed by the kernel in the first place. |
13 | The CPU can't do so on its own, it's a cooperation between CPU and kernel. |