Решил почитать арчвики на тему энергосбережения/тепловыделения.
наткнулся на статью об утилитке PHC

что мы в итоге получили после установки и пропатчивания acpi-cpufreq:
[[email protected] ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/phc_controls
21:0 20:0 19:0 18:0 17:0 16:0 15:0 14:0 13:0 12:0 11:0 10:0 9:0 8:0
как можно заметить, везде по нулям.
что не есть хорошо, судя по вики.
процессор должен поддерживаться утилитой (Core i3-2310M), он и поддерживается, но как-то странно.
есть ли у вас опыт использования этой утилиты и, если есть, то можете поделиться секретом успеха?

итак, логи и всевозможная информация для расследования:
[[email protected] ~]$ uname -a
Linux emerald-laptop 3.4.7-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 29 22:02:56 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

вывод /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 42
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
stepping	: 7
microcode	: 0x14
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 4
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave avx lahf_lm arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips	: 4192.46
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 42
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
stepping	: 7
microcode	: 0x14
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 4
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 2
initial apicid	: 2
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave avx lahf_lm arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips	: 4192.46
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor	: 2
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 42
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
stepping	: 7
microcode	: 0x14
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 4
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave avx lahf_lm arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips	: 4192.46
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor	: 3
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 42
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
stepping	: 7
microcode	: 0x14
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 4
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 3
initial apicid	: 3
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave avx lahf_lm arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips	: 4192.46
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate             4090  0 
zlib_deflate           20436  1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp                5314  0 
ppp_async               7282  1 
crc_ccitt               1363  1 ppp_async
ppp_generic            23877  7 bsd_comp,ppp_async,ppp_deflate
slhc                    5226  1 ppp_generic
xt_hl                   1369  6 
ip6t_rt                 2112  3 
nf_conntrack_ipv6       6650  7 
nf_defrag_ipv6          6401  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
ipt_REJECT              2281  1 
xt_LOG                 11943  9 
xt_limit                2041  12 
xt_tcpudp               2471  26 
xt_addrtype             2853  4 
xt_state                1295  14 
bnep                    8793  2 
ip6table_filter         1396  1 
ip6_tables             18198  2 ip6table_filter,ip6t_rt
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns     1077  0 
nf_conntrack_broadcast     1285  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_nat_ftp              1668  0 
nf_nat                 15100  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4       6871  9 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4          1339  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp        6261  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack           61584  8 nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_nat,xt_state,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6
iptable_filter          1456  1 
ip_tables              16946  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               16954  12 ip6table_filter,xt_hl,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,xt_limit,xt_state,xt_LOG,iptable_filter,ip6t_rt,ipt_REJECT,ip6_tables,xt_addrtype
uvcvideo               69437  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       2468  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2246  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         20415  1 uvcvideo
videodev               93086  1 uvcvideo
media                  10213  2 uvcvideo,videodev
cdc_acm                16433  2 
joydev                  9991  0 
arc4                    1410  2 
phc_intel               9626  1 
ath9k                  93070  0 
ath9k_common            2096  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              342102  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath                    15425  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
ath3k                   5317  0 
btusb                  11764  0 
asus_nb_wmi             1724  0 
asus_wmi               15506  1 asus_nb_wmi
bluetooth             190551  10 bnep,ath3k,btusb
pci_hotplug            23564  1 asus_wmi
snd_hda_codec_realtek    60409  1 
mperf                   1299  1 phc_intel
sparse_keymap           3056  1 asus_wmi
mac80211              395680  1 ath9k
cfg80211              170106  3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
rfkill                 15604  4 cfg80211,bluetooth,asus_wmi
serio_raw               4653  0 
psmouse                70792  0 
processor              26567  1 phc_intel
snd_hda_intel          24053  4 
snd_hda_codec          94305  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6300  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                74958  3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          7217  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              18966  2 snd_pcm
snd                    58997  12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
atl1c                  33062  0 
iTCO_wdt               12813  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1929  1 iTCO_wdt
microcode              12185  0 
ghash_clmulni_intel     4237  0 
cryptd                  8741  1 ghash_clmulni_intel
mxm_wmi                 1425  0 
soundcore               5410  1 snd
mei                    32152  0 
i2c_i801                8180  0 
thermal                 7959  0 
battery                 6517  0 
ac                      2376  0 
evdev                   9754  24 
wmi                     8475  2 mxm_wmi,asus_wmi
pcspkr                  1899  0 
crc32c_intel            1987  0 
fuse                   68768  3 
coretemp                5654  0 
cpufreq_powersave        990  0 
bbswitch                5042  0 
autofs4                24023  3 
ext4                  424175  2 
crc16                   1359  2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2                   73919  1 ext4
mbcache                 5977  1 ext4
usbhid                 36462  0 
hid                    85509  1 usbhid
sd_mod                 29239  4 
ahci                   20549  4 
libahci                20023  1 ahci
libata                167611  2 ahci,libahci
ehci_hcd               41026  0 
scsi_mod              132974  2 libata,sd_mod
usbcore               147565  7 ath3k,btusb,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,usbhid,cdc_acm
usb_common               954  1 usbcore
i915                  438112  3 
video                  11307  1 i915
button                  4502  1 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5391  1 i915
intel_agp              10936  1 i915
intel_gtt              14047  3 i915,intel_agp
drm_kms_helper         33051  1 i915
drm                   208958  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_core               20369  6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev

[[email protected] cpufreq]$ cat phc_controls
21:0 20:0 19:0 18:0 17:0 16:0 15:0 14:0 13:0 12:0 11:0 10:0 9:0 8:0 
[[email protected] cpufreq]$ cat phc_default_controls 
21:0 20:0 19:0 18:0 17:0 16:0 15:0 14:0 13:0 12:0 11:0 10:0 9:0 8:0 
[[email protected] cpufreq]$ cat phc_default_vids 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
[[email protected] cpufreq]$ cat phc_fids 
21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 
[[email protected] cpufreq]$ cat phc_version 
0.3.2:2
[[email protected] cpufreq]$ cat phc_vids 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

кстати, использую systemd, но и во времена initscripts тоже не работало ничего.