From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 6 23:28:44 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C02EB772 for ; Wed, 6 May 2015 23:28:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.strugglingcoder.info (strugglingcoder.info [65.19.130.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAC001EFD for ; Wed, 6 May 2015 23:28:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.1.1.3]) (Authenticated sender: hiren@strugglingcoder.info) by mail.strugglingcoder.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D6B0210F829; Wed, 6 May 2015 16:28:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 16:28:36 -0700 From: hiren panchasara To: Kevin Oberman Cc: "freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Fan speed settings on MSI motherboard with AMD cpu Message-ID: <20150506232836.GN62838@strugglingcoder.info> References: <20150506004846.GL62838@strugglingcoder.info> <20150506165930.GM62838@strugglingcoder.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uWbmMdDzzl2TXAgx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 23:28:44 -0000 --uWbmMdDzzl2TXAgx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/06/15 at 12:21P, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:59 AM, hiren panchasara > wrote: >=20 > > On 05/05/15 at 05:48P, hiren panchasara wrote: > > > Running -head as of today and have amdtemp.ko loaded. > > > > > > rc.conf has: > > > powerd_enable=3D"YES" > > > performance_cx_lowest=3D"Cmax" > > > economy_cx_lowest=3D"Cmax" > > > > > > $ sysctl hw.model > > > hw.model: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor > > > $ sysctl hw.ncpu > > > hw.ncpu: 8 > > > > > > $ sysctl dev.cpu | grep temp > > > dev.cpu.7.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.6.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.5.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.4.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.3.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.2.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.1.temperature: 24.6C > > > dev.cpu.0.temperature: 24.6C > > > > > > (printing for cpu.0 just for example) > > > $ sysctl dev.cpu.0 > > > dev.cpu.0.cx_usage_counters: 10760 68435 > > > dev.cpu.0.cx_usage: 13.58% 86.41% last 75us > > > dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest: C8 > > > dev.cpu.0.cx_supported: C1/1/0 C2/2/100 > > > dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 4000/15767 3500/13796 3400/11637 2975/10182 > > > 2800/8437 2450/7382 2100/5400 1837/4725 1575/4050 1400/3150 1225/2756 > > > 1050/2362 875/1968 700/1575 525/1181 350/787 175/393 > > > dev.cpu.0.freq: 875 > > > dev.cpu.0.temperature: 24.2C > > > dev.cpu.0.%parent: acpi0 > > > dev.cpu.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=3Dnone _UID=3D0 > > > dev.cpu.0.%location: handle=3D\_PR_.P001 > > > dev.cpu.0.%driver: cpu > > > dev.cpu.0.%desc: ACPI CPU > > > > > > $ sysctl hw.acpi > > > hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C8 > > > hw.acpi.reset_video: 0 > > > hw.acpi.handle_reboot: 0 > > > hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot: 0 > > > hw.acpi.verbose: 0 > > > hw.acpi.s4bios: 0 > > > hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1 > > > hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3 > > > hw.acpi.standby_state: NONE > > > hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE > > > hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S3 > > > hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 > > > hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S3 S4 S5 > > > > > > I can literally head the fan noise. Even when the box is not doing > > anything. > > > > > > Now, from the bios side, I tried a bunch of things without much succe= ss. > > > > > > This is what I am looking at: > > > > > > "Power Management Setup" -> ACPI Standby State > > > options - S1/S3 > > > "H/W Monitor" -> CPU Smart Fan Target : Disabled by default > > > options - 40/45/50/44/60 > > > -> SYS FAN 1 Control : Default 100% > > > options - 50%/75%/100% > > > > > > ----- "PC Health Status" ------ > > > CPU Temperature 55C/131F > > > System Temperature 38C/100F > > > CPU FAN Speed 5928RPM > > > SYS FAN 1 Speed 0 RPM <----?? It is definitely spinn= ing. > > > CPU VCore 1.312 V > > > 3.3 V 3.312 V > > > 5V 4.970 V > > > 12V 12.320 V > > > > > > "Green Power" -> CPU Phase Control : Disabled by default > > > options - Auto/Disabled > > > > > > What should be correct values for these? Any help/pointers would be > > great. > > > > Bah. Also, the reason I started looking into this is that I believe, cpu > > cooling is busted. When I compile anything with more -j values, box > > shuts down. I don't see any error on console or /var/log/messages but I > > did see the temperature going up to dev.cpu.0.temperature: 86.0C right > > before it shutdown. > > > > I'll probably reapply the thermal paste and see. > > > > cheers, > > Hiren > > >=20 > When you reapply the paste, clean the heat sink. Dust is an excellent > thermal insulator!. >=20 > Does the system fan have three wires? If there are only two, the fan lacks > tachometer feedback and will always read '0'. I have seen many systems th= at > have a motherboard supporting fan speed reporting (I think all modern ones > do), but lacking the slightly more expensive fan that actually provides t= he > information. You are right, it only has 2 wires. >=20 > I also would suggest disabling throttling and TCC on non-current systems. > 11 will FINALLY disable these by default. (I've been beating this horse > since at least v7 and I am amazed that it was not dead!) While this might > not help, it will leave TCC at its default of "AUTO" for thermal control > instead of attempting to make it a power management tool. >=20 > In /boot/loader.conf: > hint.p4tcc.0.disabled=3D1 > hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=3D1 I am on yesterday's current and tried above explicitly in loader.conf without much success.=20 I just dusted off things but I guess I'll have to reapply the paste. I'll let you'll know how it goes. cheers, Hiren --uWbmMdDzzl2TXAgx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJVSqOkXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNEUyMEZBMUQ4Nzg4RjNGMTdFNjZGMDI4 QjkyNTBFMTU2M0VERkU1AAoJEIuSUOFWPt/lQ1sH/RvOnOAM1pi8fLOip5Jm7XVk KzJFeFkQIwrTSvdkWqQmvXHTWfr2qKd9aL9G1DaBqCE62u5l3FFX0nUuqC0Ot82e ZihnqhKhA/3J59L8A2fWgXuy9LuLJvTbyD0OHq4AKevtk5qDdntcHAkWX5VlLdI3 jrcluZFbPZfvqmdualTRDenHtExNuv6vUIZsYwflyNitIJjBPjxlC5mLD0OCuHCC Aha9Mrs49qJOLI/04FOqPsZgOKsyMdXEkde2fdavdL4dtjcs6Pc0SNz+x9iSjVfJ I45OQNp2Cik9nyiMr4UAG5rHGpb0xIqnlXBv60DcdRVXwh2ctJK8gWdyaF0ftgo= =lHO7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uWbmMdDzzl2TXAgx--