From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 8 20:37:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15EE5E61 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2013 20:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aurfalien@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pa0-x22e.google.com (mail-pa0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2D292F89 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2013 20:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id kl14so1397072pab.33 for ; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:37:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=GjAmKI3shh5vwb9hJaTd6BxlIhxhAugbNiU/7+4yic0=; b=s417mUjP79wNGCBvt+g3903hx5JnT4qBRVmhuGLB2aZv9y44kX7ww88a2zEEyyTpaf bzxv2W9Ji59w1nAan66bdwwl7x6uy0iDz4SaDnl1m033SXGgl4P+jup2ro1+QTbSr8kq KoHBTo8vyRT9D0UvAGvh02PgXxT9X5j8mkI0piljCaMkoIZubKyBoHQ2zPEgXc/ETPui 5hy9woT9IbqeumEf4mF7dfCS1NUKvfFKKBzr3jMUluSGqPCE/PBOb9P02AbfVAH6iTSC KtfQA9P4QmVykFgJM9zwSOQCP2nXg3v2CC634Z3W/UDiAjIsHFUx1zwo5OWx6XYXK3Lf 0ubA== X-Received: by 10.68.203.73 with SMTP id ko9mr16912195pbc.170.1383943039386; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:37:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from briankrusicw.logan.tv ([64.17.255.138]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id hi5sm14033059pbb.43.2013.11.08.12.37.17 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:37:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: CPU Turbo mode Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: aurfalien In-Reply-To: <20131031153757.GG63947@dan.emsphone.com> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 12:37:16 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <4A2AEF45-5185-4ED7-98BD-B6975C79A5B9@gmail.com> References: <70EC0F10-FAD0-4EA6-8C1F-A95B1C786B7B@gmail.com> <20131031153757.GG63947@dan.emsphone.com> To: Dan Nelson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:37:20 -0000 On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Oct 30), aurfalien said: >> Hi all, >>=20 >> I've powerd enabled and see this message often when running powerd = -v; >>=20 >> current freq 2201 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4402 MHz >>=20 >> Were is the 4402 value gotten from, is it a turbo value and if so, = why is >> it not boosting? >=20 > Depending on your settings, powerd will try and raise the clock rate = at > different rates based on system load. 4402 is simply double the = current > clock rate, which probably means your system is busy and powerd is = trying to > quickly raise the clock rate. It doesn't bother capping the target = value at > the maximum, though, since it'll find out a bit later in the code when = it > actually tries to set a new clockrate and realizes that it's already = at max. I found that my CPU, while at 2.2GHz standard can boost to 2.7GHz. However powerd never shows it at 2.7GHz. Is there a way to some how get the turbo mode working in FreeBSD? Its enabled in BIOS. - aurf=