Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761356AbZAWJ2B (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:28:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755484AbZAWJ1p (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:27:45 -0500 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:60231 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754038AbZAWJ1n (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:27:43 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cKy8ZOwZe7qSP6fe9ttLhT6a/pVD7zPzSZiqhHCjCkWE8IWmTThWbzm6CcVA3ZdkCE oD/yCAZrYImVzzlsDG/T9rOgNTBKIlWXDbK6nr43dfuM5/PZeDXQzDOXgQoApGKHq3Cz f0I/1dp6tgCHAEq0ko1dZokkxtgEo+/2HCkCg= Message-ID: <49798D8B.5050503@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:27:39 -0800 From: "Justin P. Mattock" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows full throttle Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2448 Lines: 86 I'm confused here when doing a cat /proc/cpuinfo with an idle system, I see cpu MHz at 2167.000; should be at 1000.00 (when settled down); processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2167.000 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow bogomips : 4322.36 clflush size : 64 power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2167.000 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow bogomips : 4322.52 clflush size : 64 power management: the only changes to the system were compiling xorg from git which had me running after one dependency to the next. (I honestly can't remember what xproto thing/whatever package that might cause this); any ideas would be appreciated. In any case the system is idle and quiet. it just says full throttle when it should say nice and quiet. regards; Justin P. Mattock -- 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/