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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2013 14:13:36 +0200
From:      Michio Honda <micchie@sfc.wide.ad.jp>
To:        Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing CPU frequency for Xeon processors
Message-ID:  <A56A8368-775C-4FFF-A3BF-E0B8D1438E5F@sfc.wide.ad.jp>
In-Reply-To: <5197DF7C.1040305@vangyzen.net>
References:  <1280DF1A-1DAC-43F1-A62D-B4DC9378FF88@sfc.wide.ad.jp> <5197DF7C.1040305@vangyzen.net>

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Thanks Eric, in case of HP Proliant DL120 G7 server, BIOS's =
configuration needs to be "OS Control Mode".
The similar would apply to other systems.

Cheers,
- Michio

On May 18, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Eric van Gyzen wrote:

> On 05/18/2013 10:09 AM, Michio Honda wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> I'm trying to experiment with downclocking CPU.
>> My environment is 10.0-CURRENT amd64.
>>=20
>> However, my CPU (Xeon E31220) seems not to be supported by the =
cpufreq module, thus dmesg shows:
>> est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
>> est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
>>=20
>> As a result, although sysctl -a shows the list of available frequency =
values (dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 3093/-1 2706/-1 2319/-1 1933/-1 1546/-1 =
1159/-1 773/-1 386/-1
>> dev.), I cannot set the value (the error message is "sysctl: =
dev.cpu.0.freq=3D773: Device not configured").
>>=20
>> Do you have any idea to change CPU frequency for this CPU?
>=20
> In my experience, the "not recognized" message indicates that the =
feature is not enabled in the BIOS.
>=20
> Eric
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