From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 8 18:48:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D23B16A402 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 18:48:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA15E43D45 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 18:48:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.12]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IXF002FE2WDDN90@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:48:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.147]) by pd3mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IXF00AVX2WDE1C0@pd3mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:48:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([24.85.136.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IXF00DNT2WCYJL0@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:48:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.385 [268.4.0/305]); Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:48:37 -0700 Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:48:37 -0700 From: Graham North In-reply-to: <20060408183713.GA36318@xor.obsecurity.org> To: Kris Kennaway Message-id: <44380585.102@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9=======" X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <4437FD31.2040604@shaw.ca> <20060408183713.GA36318@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU throttling X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:48:14 -0000 --=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If I install 5.x instead does it provide similar support? G/ Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 11:13:05AM -0700, Graham North wrote: > > >>ACPI Advice CPU freq management are kind of new to me and I will be >>setting up a brand new motherboard with a sempron 3100+ which has power >>throttling capabilities. I want to capture this if possible - CPU >>throttling was a key factor in its choice. >> >>I intend to install as i386 initially. Do I need to load any specific >>drivers in order to enable AMD's on-chip power management? Can someone >>tell me what is built into the kernel and/or what needs to be added? I >>believe that ACPI is part of the kernel? Does it just auto-detect and >>provide a "ready to run - right out of the box"? Is it worth waiting a >>couple of weeks for 6.1 to be released or are these features solid >>already in an updated 6.0? >> >> > >"device cpufreq" in kernel and powerd_enable="YES" in rc.conf > >It's worth using 6.1 on general grounds, but this support has been in >6.x for some time. > >Kris > > -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/305 - Release Date: 4/8/2006 --=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9=======--