The Linux Thermal Daemon program from 01.org Thermald deals with thermal issues for intel processor families codenamed intel sandy-bridge and above. It is a Linux daemon used to prevent the overheating of systems. This daemon monitors temperature and applies compensation using available cooling methods. Prefers kernel with: Intel RAPL power capping driver : Available from Linux kernel 3.13.rc1 Intel P State driver (Available in Linux kernel stable release) Intel Power clamp driver (Available in Linux kernel stable release) CONFIG_X86_MSR, so that x86 MSR can be read/write from user space to control RAPL if no RAPL powecap class driver is not present. If none of the above is available uses cpufreq to control P states.