Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:02:36 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cpu.c Message-ID: <200403181502.36093.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040317184508.B4725@root.org> References: <200403172149.i2HLnl2V027784@repoman.freebsd.org> <200403171704.22042.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040317184508.B4725@root.org>
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On Wednesday 17 March 2004 09:50 pm, Nate Lawson wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:49 pm, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > njl 2004/03/17 13:49:47 PST > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/dev/acpica acpi_cpu.c > > > Log: > > > Fix border error to allow systems that specify 100 for latency also > > > use C2 and 1000 to use C3. > > > > > > Submitted by: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org> > > > Tested by: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> > > > > Hmm, the BIOS on my laptop uses those values when the C states are > > disabled (according to the BIOS text). That is, my BIOS lets me turn C2 > > and C3 on and off. When turned on, it uses the values 1 and 85 for the > > latency, and when off it uses 100 and 1000. Note that the kernel never > > uses C3 on this machine by the way with these latencies: > > > > hw.acpi.cpu.cx_supported: C1/1 C2/1 C3/85 > > That's incorrect behavior. See Table 5-8 of the ACPI 2.0 spec (at or near > page 102). Have you actually done an acpidump -t both with and without C2 > disabled in your BIOS to see what it does? Perhaps the manual is wrong > and it does the right thing. In any case, your failure mode (not being > able to disable Cx states in BIOS) is not as bad as others (not being able > to use C2 when it's supported.) You can always keep using the sysctl to > disable C2 and/or C3. What about the second problem I reported that the kernel doesn't ever use C3 on this machine? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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