[CUBE] Switch between dual and single
Tom Davidson
TomD_ALG at robotgroup.org
Thu Jan 30 09:44:22 PST 2003
Disabling one CPU with CHUD really wont save any noticable power, the
idling CPU is still clocked.
Even when doing nothing, the chip uses a whole lot of power just
clocking at 500MHz or whatever.
The only way to save power would be to put it into deep sleep and
disable it's clock, but the Apple software
doesnt allow for it as far as I know. Anyone familiar with low-level
programming of the Apple Uni-North chip?
It may be possible to write a utility if the chip controls are available
as register control bits. The reason Apple
may not support this is thermal issues of having one hot CPU next to a
cool one creating mechanical stress
in the board due to unequal thermal expansion.
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