underclocking or CPU frequency scaling

[thufir]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:40:34 -0400, Johnny wrote:

> Most programs don't come close to maxing out the CPU. You need to worry
> about the temperatures not the CPU usage.


Yeah, it's just that sometimes I have long compiles which peg the CPU and 
bring the temp high.  You're right about the hardware solution, I was 
just wondering if there was a way to throttle a particular process.


-Thufir