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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:15:20 +0200
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: speedstep / cpu frequency control on 6-stable?
Message-ID:  <20060822121520.c8b4b907.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
In-Reply-To: <44EAC105.7050204@unsane.co.uk>
References:  <20060821223848.683b7a40.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <44EAC105.7050204@unsane.co.uk>

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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:32:05 +0100
Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> wrote:

My system is:
root@kg-home# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-home.kg4.no 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #2: Mon Aug 21
15:58:01 CEST 2006     root@kg-home.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AS5672
i386

root@kg-home# dmesg | grep -i cpu
CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2250  @ 1.73GHz (1733.41-MHz
686-class CPU) cpu0 on motherboard


> powerd -v

I get:
root@kg-home# powerd -v
powerd: lookup freq: No such file or directory

> > Do I need working acpi to use a power control method?
> Umm not sure as mine works, but probably, since my dmesg says I have

Ok, I just checked, and with acpi enabled, powerd runs.

I run this laptop (AcerAspire AS5672) with acpi disabled, as this is
currently the only way I can get a network connection working on it.
Howeever, it gets very hot, so I would like to control the temperature
better.
-- 
Regards
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway




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