On Tuesday 20 November 2007 22:51:27 Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > Kris Kennaway <kris_at_FreeBSD.org> writes: > > Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > > > Gregory Wright <gwright_at_antiope.com> writes: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I tried enabling powerd on FreeBSd 7.0BETA-2 by adding > > >> > > >> powerd_enable="YES" > > >> > > >> to /etc/rc.conf. The mobo is a Tyan 2882-D with a single Opteron > > >> 270 HE processor (dual core), 2 GB RAM. AMD powernow was > > >> enabled in the BIOS. > > > > > > I never succeeded in using cpufreq on any 288x MB. If freezes > > > box even with latest bios. > > > > Have you tried disabling acpi_throttle? > > yes; but quite a long time ago; didn't make a difference > no change at all, doesn't matter if ULE or 4BSD > those boards go rather low in their minimal frequency (about > 200-300Mhz if not even lower) and in at least 8 steps; acpi_ppc, which > works for me, seems to take into account only the four most powerfull > states (about 1Ghz being minimal then) > are you saying that your setup there is changing the cpu freq levels by itself or acpi? here, as long as I do not set it manually nothing happens, the averages are coming from top: Wed Nov 21 10:55:00 BRST 2007 Freq:2189 av: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Wed Nov 21 11:00:00 BRST 2007 Freq:2189 av: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Wed Nov 21 11:05:01 BRST 2007 Freq:2189 av: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Wed Nov 21 11:10:00 BRST 2007 Freq:2189 av: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 I can run this for hours and days and the cpu freq stays where it is, machine idle for the records powernow is enabled in the BIOS and cpufreq in the kernel: Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0 powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0 cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 powernow1: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu1 cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 powernow2: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu2 cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 powernow3: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu3 setting the cpu freq manually to a lower value seems to work because compling the kernel needs more time but running something the level do not switch up, it is locked Wed Nov 21 11:15:00 BRST 2007 Freq:995 av: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Wed Nov 21 11:20:00 BRST 2007 Freq:995 av: 0.46, 0.13, 0.04 Wed Nov 21 11:25:00 BRST 2007 Freq:995 av: 0.96, 0.63, 0.29 Wed Nov 21 11:30:00 BRST 2007 Freq:995 av: 1.01, 0.88, 0.51 the cpu freq itself as you can see does not switch up as it also does not switch down then here is a larger sheet with 3 temps and 3 fans measured with healthd */5min and even if this values might not be accurate you can see they do not change I can put more load ont the CPUs and the fan speed grows up to 6200 (first two) and the temps grow a little bit but whatever I try the cpu freq stays where it is Freq:995 av: 0.96, 0.63, 0.29 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:995 av: 1.01, 0.88, 0.51 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:995 av: 1.03, 0.98, 0.65 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 1.05, 0.99, 0.75 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 1.02, 1.02, 0.83 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 2.25, 1.19, 0.90 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 5.80, 3.58, 2.06 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 7.14, 6.24, 3.80 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 9.68, 8.12, 5.33 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 Freq:2189 av: 3.82, 6.73, 5.62 35.0 36.5 43.5 4017 4115 20454 so I guess that powernow is certainly working in means of temperature reading and fan control but cpu freq unfortunatly is not to complete: FreeBSD wco-nov.matik.com.br 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Tue Nov 20 14:49:30 BRST 2007 jm_at_wco-nov.matik.com.br:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > might be a "piste" > > Arno > > PS, while here, and totaly unrelated, rev 1.252.2.7 (MFC "un-neede > singl-threading code") of kern_fork.c to releng_6, seems to break > things for me in a 4-way SMP (twice dual-core) amd64_releng6 box when > forking procs in java. I'll triple-check before once again sending a > bogus problem email but I got plenty of strange things when upgrading > a production box to recent releng_6 (for sake of testing ata-promise > TX4 patch), which disappeared after reverting to 1.252.2.6. fyi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada > segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik > https://datacenter.matik.com.br -- Joćo A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.brReceived on Wed Nov 21 2007 - 13:18:37 UTC
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