[ale] Putting an arbitrary process to sleep

[Brandon Hall]

Speaking of,

http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/millywatt/


> That's a good idea. There is a board that is software only for clock
> speed. I can't remember the maker, but it is nicknamed "the
> overclockers dream board". If the bios functions are accessable from a
> running OS, then the clock might be resettable on the fly. This could
> have a direct impact on power savings for mobile systems as well. Sort
> of a poor-man's Crusoe board.
> 
> JimK
> Local Net Solutions
> 
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Glenn C. Lasher Jr. wrote: 
> 
> > This is a neat idea, and leaves me hypothetically wondering if it is
> > possible to construct a MoBo that will gradually decrease the
> > clockspeed in response to the CPU temp going over a particular
> > threshold.... It would, of course, only do this after exhausting
> > all other options, such as ramping up the various fan speeds.  

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