Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1945951AbXBCMZI (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:25:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1945963AbXBCMZH (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:25:07 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:34098 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1945951AbXBCMZG (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:25:06 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: lnx.tmp@gmail.com Subject: Re: Slower CPU frequency reported by the kernel Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 12:19:43 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <38b2ab8a0702020311o54789ef6xff819dc3b492b005@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cs78145192.pp.htv.fi User-Agent: pan 0.120 (Plate of Shrimp) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 634 Lines: 11 On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:11:25 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a PC with AMD 64 3000+ cpu which is theoricaly running at > 2Ghz. But when looking at /proc/cpuinfo, the kernel reports that it > runs only at 1Ghz: > ... > What's going wrong ? Do you have feature called "Cool N' Quiet" enabled in BIOS? I had the same problem and disabling the feature the problem resolved. - 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/