Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756840AbZAWTgT (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:36:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753598AbZAWTgL (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:36:11 -0500 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:60944 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752981AbZAWTgK (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:36:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:36:01 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: "Justin P. Mattock" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows full throttle Message-ID: <20090123193601.GB1295@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "Justin P. Mattock" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <49798D8B.5050503@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49798D8B.5050503@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 855 Lines: 29 On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:27:39AM -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote: > 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); > .. > > In any case the system is idle and quiet. > it just says full throttle when it should say > nice and quiet. is acpi-cpufreq loaded ? and cpufreq-ondemand ? (Also make sure the relevant sysfs knobs are set to use ondemand) If no: Make them so! If yes: boot with cpufreq.debug=7 and send the dmesg to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org Thanks, Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- 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/