[ltp] CPU Idle and whine

Daniel Skorka linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:37:56 +0100


On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 08:40:32PM +0000, Richard Neill wrote:
> 2)Alternatively, I looked at
>  /proc/acpi/processor/CPU/power
> and the machine switches between C1 when idle and C2 when busy. It never 
> reaches C3, and no other levels are listed.

Are you sure of that? It should be the other way round (i.e. busy -> C1,
idle -> C2).

BTW, how many C states should be available on a T43 1.86GHZ?

Daniel