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Subject: Re: AMD Family 10h cpufreq driver 
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In message <20080923155054.GA1382@phenom.cordula.ws>, cpghost writes:

>The first time I've noticed this was when enabling powerd. As soon
>as powerd reached 1200 from above, the machine froze. 

I have the same experience on all my AMD machines, Athlon, Opteron
and Phenom.  The exact number is not 1200, but there is a threshold
at which the machine hangs.

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