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| author |   Aaditya Bagga <aaditya_gnulinux@zoho.com> | 2017-02-26 13:08:39 +0700 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2017-02-26 13:08:39 +0700 |
| commit | 44889319aa503ac6a4784997e4d77b2f96ed0efc (patch) | |
| tree | 611e126b716a10af1b13647bd7fabb3359ee062e /system/thermald/README | |
| parent | bdb0f08846f0edd306b2da3238ba7aa5d45610f4 (diff) | |
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system/thermald: Added (Linux Thermal Daemon).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/thermald/README b/system/thermald/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6326501691 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/thermald/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The Linux Thermal Daemon program from 01.org + +Thermald deals with thermal issues for intel processor families +codenamed intel sandy-bridge and above. It is a Linux daemon +used to prevent the overheating of systems. This daemon monitors +temperature and applies compensation using available cooling methods. + +Prefers kernel with: + Intel RAPL power capping driver : Available from Linux kernel 3.13.rc1 + Intel P State driver (Available in Linux kernel stable release) + Intel Power clamp driver (Available in Linux kernel stable release) + + CONFIG_X86_MSR, so that x86 MSR can be read/write from user space + to control RAPL if no RAPL powecap class driver is not present. + + If none of the above is available uses cpufreq to control P states. |