From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 00:37:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1F6416A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:37:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C269143D1F for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:37:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBV0bLRN029472; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:37:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBV0bK8Y029470; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:37:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:37:20 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: "Michael W. Oliver" Message-ID: <20041231003720.GA29434@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20041229212555.GD89526@gargantuan.com> <20041230005738.GD68336@dragon.nuxi.com> <20041230140022.GC59271@gargantuan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041230140022.GC59271@gargantuan.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU speed not reported correctly X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:37:22 -0000 On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 09:00:22AM -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > On 2004-12-29T16:57:38-0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:25:55PM -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ (801.83-MHz K8-class CPU) > > . > > > OK, here is my question: Why is the CPU speed reported as 801.83MHz? > > > Is there something really wrong with my setup here? I have this machine > > > configured to dual boot with the other OS being the x64 version of XP, > > > and it reports a 2.2GHz CPU (for what it's worth...). > > > You've some how gotten your Athlon64 processor in Cool-n-Quiet (ie, > > PowerNOW) cool, low-power mode. If you do a cold boot into FreeBSD, what > > CPU speed is reported? By chance is this a laptop and not a desktop. > > Thanks for the reply David. > > When booting cold, the same speed is reported -- 801.83-MHz. Yes, this > is a laptop (Sager 4750-V). This is normal behavior for many laptops then -- they start up in low-power mode. I've been waiting for the FreeBSD power-freqency control framework to hit the tree before adding AMD64 Cool-n-Quiet support. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)