From: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
To: JimD <Jim@keeliegirl.dyndns.org>
Subject: Re: AMD64 overclock issue with 2.6.16 but not with 2.6.15
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:54:09 +0100
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On Wednesday 29 March 2006 20:35, JimD wrote:
> Do any one know of any other issues with amd64 and the
> 2.6.16 series?  I have run into a weird issue.
[snip]
> The bogomips are showing the same though the kernel is not reporting
> the correct MHz.  If I reboot and check the BIOS, the correct MHz is
> reported.  I have not run any CPU benchmarks to see if performance is
> really going back down to 2000 MHz.
>
> Does anyone have a clue what could be causing this?

At a guess, it sounds like you're trying to use cpufreq on an overclocked CPU, 
a definitely no-no. Check your config for this option, remove it if desired.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

'No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway.'
Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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