Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754349AbZGWTwa (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:52:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752906AbZGWTw3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:52:29 -0400 Received: from indigo.cs.bgu.ac.il ([132.72.42.23]:58172 "EHLO indigo.cs.bgu.ac.il" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752404AbZGWTw3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:52:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:36:46 +0300 (IDT) Message-Id: <200907231936.n6NJakbL003030@indigo.cs.bgu.ac.il> From: "eial@cs.bgu.ac.il" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: max freq is 2.1, but current freq is between min. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Organization: CS Department X-Mailer: CS Webmail v3.10 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4454 Lines: 67 I have a t8100 cpu, running gentoo, I've tried both kernels 2.6.29 and 30, but for no avail. I have 4 stepping: 2.10 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz but under all governors, the max freq is 1.2 it changes here and there: cpufreq-info shows this: cpufrequtils 005: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006 Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.10 GHz available frequency steps: 2.10 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 1.20 GHz. <----- range is not ok The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz. cpufreq stats: 2.10 GHz:27.11%, 2.10 GHz:1.19%, 1.60 GHz:1.25%, 1.20 GHz:70.45% (218) analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1 hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.10 GHz available frequency steps: 2.10 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 1.20 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz. cpufreq stats: 2.10 GHz:27.51%, 2.10 GHz:1.23%, 1.60 GHz:1.30%, 1.20 GHz:69.96% (232) and at other times, this: cpufrequtils 005: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006 Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.10 GHz available frequency steps: 2.10 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.10 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.10 GHz. cpufreq stats: 2.10 GHz:34.33%, 2.10 GHz:1.96%, 1.60 GHz:2.01%, 1.20 GHz:61.70% (221) analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1 hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.10 GHz available frequency steps: 2.10 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.10 GHz. <----- range is ok The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.10 GHz. cpufreq stats: 2.10 GHz:34.67%, 2.10 GHz:1.99%, 1.60 GHz:2.06%, 1.20 GHz:61.28% (235) the range keeps changing, due this thing, it took e 6 and a half hours to compile openoffice, almost twice than the average time that I have compiled it before. most of the time, the computer is unusable.I have no idea what else can be done, I've checked the bios, all ok, that is the latest version of bios, running boinc, compile and checking for broken libs keeps the freq at min... I have no idea what to do. I would appreciate the help. -- 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/