Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Sandy Bridge CPU throttling
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Intel Sandy-Bridge family i5 Core CPU, running Linux kernel 3.2 (Debian Squeeze/Wheezy), under heavy computation load, does not react to to
cpufreq-set -g powersave
(using acpi_cpufreq module). It is 99.9% time running in turbo mode, although it seems to be somehow throttled automatically, as can be seen in kernel messages (dmesg
):
...
[137547.968129] CPU2: Package temperature/speed normal
[137547.968130] CPU0: Package temperature/speed normal
[137548.124277] CPU2: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 16455155)
[137548.124280] CPU3: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 16455154)
[137548.125289] CPU2: Core temperature/speed normal
[137548.125291] CPU3: Core temperature/speed normal
[137847.287143] CPU2: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 17888019)
[137847.287147] CPU3: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 17888017)
...
I'd like to turn this CPU to power-saving mode, or choose the frequency, like with good old cpufreq powersave or userpace cpufreq governors. I wonder, what manual throttling method would work on these CPUs..
Asked by mykhal
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Feb 9, 2013, 03:09 AM
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