From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 17 18:01:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9C416A400 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:01:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from creep@desk.pl) Received: from hera.desk.pl (hera.desk.pl [195.137.189.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4237943D46 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:01:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from creep@desk.pl) Received: from localhost (hera.local [127.0.0.1]) by hera.desk.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B9075C1C5 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:01:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hera.desk.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19974-08 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:01:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.6.14.1] (sifr.dembego6.waw.pl [89.171.73.18]) by hera.desk.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5906375C03B for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:01:03 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4443D7D9.4030109@desk.pl> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:00:57 +0200 From: Marcin Koziej User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Skaner Antywirusowy DESK.pl Subject: Acpi thermal/powerd not keeping up. X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:01:11 -0000 Hello, I use STABLE with acpi_perf and powernow module on Athlon64 cpu with Cool`n'Quiet. I have two problems I'd like to ask advice for: 1. Is there a way to improve time frequency of temp zones' temperature info ? On heavy load I can get over 10 deg. jump with which powerd cannot keep up (I use patched version which tries to use passive cooling (drop cpu freq) when temperature is too high). 2. If I start the system after overheating shutdown, the system heats up again, because the passive cooling can only start after the kernel has boot'ed. If the partitions are fsck'ed, it can get even worse. Thoughts appreciated, m. From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 01:13:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F84416A401 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE1343D48 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:13:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from RabbitsDen ([70.21.195.141]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IXY007KS3DZ3PS0@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:13:12 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:12:47 -0400 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" In-reply-to: <4443D7D9.4030109@desk.pl> To: Marcin Koziej Message-id: <1145409167.3786.7.camel@RabbitsDen> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-5 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT References: <4443D7D9.4030109@desk.pl> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acpi thermal/powerd not keeping up. X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:13:13 -0000 On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 20:00 +0200, Marcin Koziej wrote: > Hello, > > I use STABLE with acpi_perf and powernow module on Athlon64 cpu with > Cool`n'Quiet. I have two problems I'd like to ask advice for: > > 1. Is there a way to improve time frequency of temp zones' temperature > info ? On heavy load I can get over 10 deg. jump with which powerd > cannot keep up (I use patched version which tries to use passive cooling > (drop cpu freq) when temperature is too high). > > 2. If I start the system after overheating shutdown, the system heats up > again, because the passive cooling can only start after the kernel has > boot'ed. If the partitions are fsck'ed, it can get even worse. > > Thoughts appreciated, > > m. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-acpi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" You have not provided too much detail on your thermal zone configuration, but, assuming you have one defined, you should be able to set hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate to the desired frequency (in seconds). I honestly do not remember where does default (10 seconds on my system) come from. I have seen (2) on my laptop as well, but this was the result of hardware problem -- heatsink not aligned well with the CPU. After using crowbar and some thermal grease on it the problem disappeared. HTH, -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)