From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 13:53:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12051065679 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:53:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@fluffles.net) Received: from mail.fluffles.net (fluffles.net [80.69.95.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776768FC15 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:53:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@fluffles.net) Received: from [10.10.0.2] (cust.95.160.adsl.cistron.nl [195.64.95.160]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: info@fluffles.net) by mail.fluffles.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEFB0B29D66; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:53:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48D8F550.7080000@fluffles.net> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:55:28 +0200 From: "fluffles.net" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Current References: <200809070036.m870a3NC001532@softbank219001162114.bbtec.net> <48D72F0E.7040501@fluffles.net> <200809222345.m8MNjxjF064795@softbank219001162114.bbtec.net> <20080923133617.GA928@phenom.cordula.ws> In-Reply-To: <20080923133617.GA928@phenom.cordula.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "G. Otsuji" , cpghost Subject: Re: AMD Family 10h cpufreq driver 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: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:53:01 -0000 cpghost wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 08:45:59AM +0900, G. Otsuji wrote: > >> Hi, >> I foget to say that debug.cpufreq.lowest=1200 in >> /boot/loader.conf and running powerd is my stable state. >> > > I didn't test your patch yet, but this is the lowest freq I can > use on my > AMD Phenom(tm) 9350e Quad-Core Processor (2000.08-MHz K8-class CPU) > running > FreeBSD 7.1-PRE as of Sept 5. (/i386 *and* /amd64) > > If I go below that, the system freezes hard, and I have to power cycle > the motherboard to recover. But, again, this is without your patch. > I look forward to test it as soon as I can. :) > This may also be a hardware issue. Some buck converters on the motherboard's VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) do not like switching from very low idle drain to much higher one very quickly. I had one user report about that who uses Windows. Have you tried switching manually gradually down without any load? You need to change the debug.cpufreq.lowest together with dev.cpu.0.freq Also, it would be nice if i could see the voltage levels somewhere (in sysctl?), but i haven't found it yet. Cheers, Veronica