What are the $%& boxes waiting for? :(

[JD Austin]

Also modern Processors throttle themselves to cool down when they get too
hot.

-- JD Austin
Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek)
jd at twingeckos.com



On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:32 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

>  My guess based on nothing is that you have the ACPI stuff turned on in the
>> bios and have the power management features enabled.
>>
> Intriguing guess, something to test, but...
> My 'knowledge' stands that ACPI ON is 'good', isn't it?
> Can you elaborate?
> There are no laptops involved, so I certainly don't need 'power management
> features enabled'
> Thanks!
> ET
>
>
>
> JD Austin writes:
>
>> My guess based on nothing is that you have the ACPI stuff turned on in the
>> bios and have the power management features enabled.
>> -- JD Austin
>> Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek)
>> jd at twingeckos.com
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> the second coming?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:10 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello collective wisdom...
>>>> I have several Linux boxes (different distros, no common denominator)
>>>> that for no apparent reason have the processor(s) go into a 'waiting'
>>>> state
>>>> rather way too often.
>>>> And then they wait...
>>>> and wait...
>>>> and wait some more...
>>>> Darn it, how do I find out what in the #$%@ World are those processors
>>>> waiting for?   :(
>>>> Thanks...
>>>> ET
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>>>
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>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>> Stephen
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