Linux Laptop

[Dpk]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:45:46AM -0500, Ben Pfaff wrote:

   Dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu> writes:
   
   >     - Pentium III 700 MHz
   
   [...]
   
   > The only downfall that does bother me is it will not run at full speed
   > (runs at 550 MHz) when booted off the battery, despite the BIOS
   > settings telling it to do otherwise.  Could be fixable, but I haven't
   > investigated any further.
   
   This is probably the problem that's been discussed on the
   linux-kernel list.  Intel refuses to give out information on their
   "SpeedStep" technology, so the kernel can't set the CPU speed.
   Someone will surely reverse-engineer it eventually, but not yet I
   guess.

Hmm... maybe a Saturday project for me :)

dpk