Apparently this problem exists also on Linux
systems. So I've made a mini-version for the penguin.
It simply sets the Northbridges "enable bus disconnect on STPGNT" bit
and enters an idle loop that puts the CPU into STPGNT state.
Originally I had only written the source but now Stefan Kraus has made this
packet that includes a makefile and an installer for SUSE distributions (Thanks, Stefan).
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