From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 22 10:16:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68D416A4E0 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:16:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62DC943D4C for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:16:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4E0017Y9W6HL60@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:16:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.203.92.117]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0J4E00AAG9TK4G51@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:15:20 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:15:20 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH In-reply-to: <44EAC105.7050204@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20060822121520.c8b4b907.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd5.5) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20060821223848.683b7a40.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <44EAC105.7050204@unsane.co.uk> Subject: Re: speedstep / cpu frequency control on 6-stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:16:56 -0000 On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:32:05 +0100 Vince 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