Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:26:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:26:49 -0500 Received: from saintmail.net ([207.54.173.29]:57554 "EHLO mail.saintmail.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:26:48 -0500 From: "Christopher Meredith" Reply-to: theophile@saintmail.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PowerNow!, cpufreq, and swsusp X-Mailer: Quality Web Email v3.0r, http://netwinsite.com/refw.htm Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:37:32 -0500 Message-id: <3e6fc4bc.686d.2288@saintmail.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1777 Lines: 61 Simple question: How do I mount sysfs? Also, any idea on the swsusp issue? Thanks! ~Christopher On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:40:01 -0100 Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:06:33PM -0500, Christopher Meredith wrote: > > > Also, cpufreq doesn't seem to do anything. Should it be > > working automatically? > > no. > > > Even when the machine sits unattended > > for over 8 hours, the fan never turns off and the cpu > > temperature is consustently 69-70 degrees C. > > The kernel doesn't define policy, but exposes the necessary > interface to userspace. There are a few folks working on > tools / scripts to adjust the speed dynamically. > look through the cpufreq mailing list archives to find them > (or google) > > > What must I do here? > > Read Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt > > short: mount sysfs, and .. > > (root@evo:cpufreq)# cd /sys/class/cpu/cpufreq/cpu0/cpufreq > (root@evo:cpufreq)# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz > cpu MHz : 1390.536 > (root@evo:cpufreq)# echo powersave >scaling_governor > (root@evo:cpufreq)# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz > cpu MHz : 529.728 > (root@evo:cpufreq)# echo performance >scaling_governor > > Dave > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > --------------------------------------- Use SaintMail! - http://www.saintmail.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/