| Author |
Message |
|
|
Post subject: software request: athcool
 Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:27 AM
|
|
Joined: Feb 25, 2007
Posts: 49
Status: Offline
|
|
I'd like to see athcool included on the next sidux releases. It is very small and works wonder on my Asus MB to lower the temperature of my AMD athlon processor (+/- 10°C), hence decreasing the noise level.
See http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/athcool |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Post subject: RE: software request: athcool
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:55 AM
|
|
Joined: Dec 01, 2006
Posts: 751
Status: Offline
|
|
| The functions in that app are already enabled in the kernel... Trust me I've tried it. It has something to do with disconnecting a bus. |
_________________
"Cool was never cool until the cool guys at Cool industries developed a cool new product: Cool."
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 05:16 AM
|
|
Joined: Feb 25, 2007
Posts: 49
Status: Offline
|
|
| Sorry, I don't think it is. I've got a µ-processor-controlled fan on my CPU, and the speed stays at full throttle (hence very noisy) without this. It drops almost instantly with "athcool on" (under light CPU load, of course; otherwise the fan kicks back in as it should). On my sarge HD-install with lm-sensors, the temperature drop as mentioned of about ten degrees. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 10:25 AM
|
|
Joined: Dec 04, 2006
Posts: 554
Status: Offline
|
|
normally powersaved should be able to do this also.
otherwise i suggest "modprobe cpufreq_ondemand"
and
echo "ondemand" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor"
(typed this from memory, so small typos or case-sensitive-errors may be possible)
then the kernel regulates cpu frequency according to cpu-load!
greetings,
me |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 10:26 PM
|
|
Joined: Dec 19, 2006
Posts: 1030
Status: Offline
|
|
| @Ge0rgy, on an old AMD athlon XP ? I didn't think those cpu's scaled frequency at all. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Jun 02, 2007 - 04:15 PM
|
|
Joined: Dec 01, 2006
Posts: 117
Status: Offline
|
|
afaik, athcool enables C3 sleeping states on Athlon XPs
dan0ne |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 11:14 AM
|
|
Joined: Feb 25, 2007
Posts: 49
Status: Offline
|
|
| Hello since the "Gaia" release is approaching, can I ask about the status of this request? Has it been granted and will it be included? The installed size is only 104k (it depends on "pciutils" which i see is already present - or was in "tartaros") |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Jul 13, 2007 - 12:17 AM
|
|
Joined: Dec 19, 2006
Posts: 1030
Status: Offline
|
|
The installed size is hardly an issue, here are my concerns:
* Its i386 only, and requires more than just a name in a list to add. we're trying to keep lists that are acceptable on i386 + amd64 arch's
* athcool provides a "dumb" init script, it starts without any sanity checking, therefore every other user on non-athlon-XP hardware will eventually see spurious warning messages after the init script is configured for start after an upgrade of package, for example.
This makes it an unsuitable package to provide by default. It is more suitable as an post-install tweak for owners of athlon-xp based systems, imho.
Perhaps if the init script provided better detection of hardware, and used this detection to decide if the script should do anything or not, it would be okay to put it on a cd and have it installed on everyones hardware.
It is just an apt-get away. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
