From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 25 02:32:26 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1944916A419 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:32:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA3A513C4A5 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:32:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9P2WBiN002507; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:32:11 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l9P2WBCp002504; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:32:11 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:32:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20071024203843.GA69008@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <20071024203125.K2310@wonkity.com> References: <471EF23F.7040506@cederstrand.dk> <20071024195646.GA67817@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20071024203843.GA69008@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:32:11 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Ross Penner , User questions Subject: Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:32:26 -0000 On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:25:11PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: >>> What does 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels' report? It should list the >>> available CPU frequencies. >>> >> I get: >> dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 397/-1 198/-1 >> >> Is this something I should be reporting to stable? It's not explicitly >> mentioned in the hardware notes so I'm not sure if my processor is >> actually supported in 6.2. Is it possible that I've been shipped the >> wrong processor? If so, how would I be able to tell short of ripping >> off the giant heatsink and looking? > > Have a look at the dmesg output with 'dmesg |head -n 24'. There should > be some info about the CPU in there. Post those lines here. > > And have a look at the bios. It could have some settings to regulate the > CPU speed. Or maybe a related setting like FSB speed (if the Via C7 is like other processors in basing its speed off that). -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA