Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:00:15 +0100
From: Karol Kozimor <sziwan@hell.org.pl>
To: Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>,
       john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>, Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>,
       acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ACPI] X86_PM_TIMER: /proc/cpuinfo doesn't get updated
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Thus wrote Peter Chubb:
> >> Hmm... without the patch, neither cpu MHz nor bogomips are updated,
> >> with the patch cpu MHz value seems correct (both using acpi.ko and
> >> speedstep-ich.ko, but the bogomips is still at its initial value.
> Dmitry> Karol, do you have a P4? AFAIK P4's TSC is stable even if core
> Dmitry> frequence changes so loop_per_juffy (== bogomips) need not be
> Dmitry> updated.
> The TSC is variable rate for Pentium-IV if you're using clock
> modulation.

Yes, the machine in question does have a P4-M. Note also that the ACPI
throttling interface (processor.ko, I believe) doesn't update the bogomips
either.
Best regards,

-- 
Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor
sziwan@hell.org.pl
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