CPU temperature and new kernel

[Pop Horea-Vasile]

I have an Intel i3 390M machine and the new gnome -- Ubuntu 11.10. I 
think the temperature is with 6 degrees higher than the normal value:
http://img7.imagebanana.com/img/pmqwouwu/Screenshotat20111028160817.png

On 10/28/2011 02:35 AM, Pongo A. Pan wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 00:03 +0100, R Kimber wrote:
>> I find that with 3.0.0-12-generic my cpu temperatures are noticeably higher
>> (5-10 degrees) than with 2.6.38-10.
>>
>> Anyone else notice this?
>>
> Temps with that kernel are pretty much the same, ~ 39 - 40 C.  AMD
> Phenom X6 1075 cpu.  AMD cool&  quiet is turned on in BIOS, so it scales
> back nicely when not being flogged.
>
> I think I do notice more cpu activity, but can't quantify.
>
> Phoronix has been going on for a while about power regressions in the
> 3.0 series kernels: e.g.
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_31_power_regress&num=1
>
> We don't have any Intel machines running the newer kernels yet.
>
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