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ACPI tools 1.3 (Announce)

posted by mceric, Germany, 16.06.2026, 01:14

Hi Thanks for updating ACPI tools!

> version 1.3 I added ... throttling the processor ... slows down the CPU.
> Unfortunately, the throttling does not work on every machine (with ACPI)
> but only with older ones which have the processor block defined in the _PR
> block and not in the _SB block.

Well, does it work for *large* blocks of ACPI data? Then it still should work on machines where FDAPM with SPEEDn option cannot yet throttle

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Complete thread:

• ACPI tools 1.3 - Laaca, 16.06.2026, 00:28 (Announce)
  • ACPI tools 1.3 - mceric, 16.06.2026, 01:14
    • ACPI tools 1.3 - Laaca, 16.06.2026, 16:27
      • ACPI tools 1.3 - RayeR, 16.06.2026, 19:14
        • ACPI tools 1.3 - Laaca, 16.06.2026, 22:05
        • ACPI tools 1.3 - Zyzzle, 16.06.2026, 22:59
  • ACPI tools 1.3b - Laaca, 16.06.2026, 23:04
    • ACPI tools 1.3b - RayeR, 18.06.2026, 06:53
      • ACPI tools 1.3c - Laaca, 20.06.2026, 22:55