From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 16:55:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DCB16A4B3 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:55:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BC0F43D55 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:55:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:55:48 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id BE5DF5D07; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:55:48 -0700 (PDT) To: Mateusz =?utf-8?q?J=C4=99drasik?= In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:26:04 +0200." <200507181726.10148.imachine@toya.net.pl> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:55:48 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20050718165548.BE5DF5D07@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Requests for information/possible donation endpoint. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:55:51 -0000 > From: Mateusz =?utf-8?q?J=C4=99drasik?= > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:26:04 +0200 > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > Well, it works fine now, as in error-free. > > However, powerd still doesnt work correctly. > > It sets the cpu speed, and in a second it goes back to 1600Mhz. > > I would believe the acpi_toshiba could be a suspect, since it also > incorporates some cpu speed control, through hw.acpi.toshiba.cpu_speed > > Also, in the bios there are some settings for the toshiba cpu, and setting> > them to for example 'Cpu Speed Low/High'=Low hardcodes the > hw.acpi.toshiba.cpu_speed, makes the pc work really slow, and still shows t> he > 1600Mhz through dev.cpu.0.freq. That wasnt however yet tested with the abov> e > hint, so I will take a look as soon as I remove acpi_toshiba from the kerne> l. > Or perhaphs there is some hint to disable it too? I like the video backligh> t > control :-) Take a look in the archives. phk posted a patch to powerd to change this behavior. (I have my own set which does the same thing, but phk's were better written.) This will fix the problem with the speed always bouncing back up to maximum. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634