Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:52:12 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpufreq not working as module on i386/amd64 Message-ID: <4D5AA12C.1070300@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110129084125.GA54969@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTi=Ln7f9tWt=OqZa9eZ-ZAVBfQSC-y_=8c-6zwAd@mail.gmail.com> <20110129084125.GA54969@freebsd.org>
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on 29/01/2011 10:41 Alexander Best said the following: > that's rather odd. for me neither the module nor the kernel code works, since > my cpu isn't supported by sys/x86/cpufreq/est.c. actually only pentium mobile > cpus seem to be supported. That's a little bit of misinformation. Primarily est uses ACPI interface to do its work. Hardcoded MSR tables are only the last resort mechanism, and indeed those support only a handful of models. -- Andriy Gapon
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