Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755136AbZFIQA4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:00:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751779AbZFIQAt (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:00:49 -0400 Received: from mx-out.daemonmail.net ([216.104.160.38]:60696 "EHLO mx-out.daemonmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750962AbZFIQAs (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:00:48 -0400 From: "Michael S. Zick" Reply-To: lkml@morethan.org To: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] CPUFREQ: Enable acpi-cpufreq driver for VIA/Centaur CPUs Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:00:45 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: Harald Welte , Linus Torvalds , Duane Griffin , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Dave Jones References: <20090608234830.GA27843@srcf.ucam.org> <200906090736.54463.lkml@morethan.org> In-Reply-To: <200906090736.54463.lkml@morethan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906091100.47960.lkml@morethan.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2180 Lines: 64 On Tue June 9 2009, Michael S. Zick wrote: > On Mon June 8 2009, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 04:15:22PM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote: > > > > > Phooey, close but no cigar - - - > > > > > > root@cb01:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat scaling_available_frequencies > > > 1200000 1000000 800000 600000 400000 > > > root@cb01:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat stats/time_in_state > > > 1200000 3281 > > > 1000000 120 > > > 800000 130 > > > 600000 234 > > > 400000 52980 > > > root@cb01:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq > > > > > > It loads, it appears to work, but that lowest 400Mhz has ACPI entries > > > even though this is a 600Mhz..1200Mhz chip. > > > > If the BIOS tables claim it then it's likely Windows uses it on the same > > hardware. What's the stability like with the ACPI code? > > > > Too soon to say - those where first results (about par with "it boots"). ;) > > Will be poking at this machine more today - > An interesting note - not sure if it is cosmetic or an indication of something significant [sub-title: computer voodoo]: You see above that acpi-cpufreq has the frequencies listed in decreasing order - - The e_powersaver module lists them in increasing order. [????] Mike > * * * * > > I do not have a copy of any proprietary operating system to compare with > on this machine. > > You could use the search features of this forum: > http://forum.netbookuser.com/index.php > to look for windows problem reports/discussions. > > That forum was active since the machine was announced and included > members from Everex. If there where windows problems, they are > in there somewhere. > > Mike > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/