NAME
athcool - control power-saving mode on AMD Athlon/Duron CPUs
SYNOPSIS
athcool command
DESCRIPTION
athcool is a program that controls the power-saving mode on AMD
Athlon/Duron CPUs. The parameter command is one of:
on Enable power-saving mode.
off Disable power-saving mode.
stat Query power-saving mode.
list List supported chipsets.
WARNINGS
athcool only sets/unsets the "Disconnect enable when STPGNT detected"
bit in the northbridge of the chipset. To save power, someone has to
send the STPGNT signal when the CPU is idle. This is done by the ACPI
subsystem when the C2 state is entered. Hence, you need ACPI support
in your kernel to achieve power savings.
Depending on your motherboard and/or hardware components, enabling
power-saving mode may cause:
* noisy or distorted sound playback,
* a slowdown in disk performance,
* system freezes or instability,
* massive corruption of the filesystem (rare, but observed at
least once).
Before use athcool, you must recognize these potential DANGERS. Please
use athcool AT YOUR OWN RISK.
athcool is supplied "as is". The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied. The author and any other persons assume no
liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from
the use of athcool.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Osamu Kayasono <jacobi@jcom.home.ne.jp>
This manual page was written by Nicolas Boullis <nboullis@debian.org>.
And many users reported to me it works (or not). Thanks to all who
contributed to athcool.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
SEE ALSO
For more information about power-saving with Athlon/Duron CPUs, see the
Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO at http://www.daniel.nofftz.net/linux/Athlon-
Powersaving-HOWTO.html.
Jul. 27, 2004