[ltp] lower CPU clock without battery in X61s

Yves-Alexis Perez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:34:40 +0200


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On mer, 2008-06-25 at 20:44 +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> my X61s only uses 1,2 GHz if I remove the battery, even with the
> performance cpufreq governor. With the battery inserted, it uses 1,6
> GHz. Is there something I can do to get the maximum CPU clock even
> with
> the battery removed?

Yes, this is known, and supposedly it's to protect the thinkpad. It may
be a feature of EIST (Enhanced Speedstep) but I couldn't find any spec
on this on the net.

Cheers,
--=20
Yves-Alexis

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