From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 19:04:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002CB1065674 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mozolevsky@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 802618FC1F for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mozolevsky@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so732043uge.37 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:04:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=Ct10I4ifuInGVvIE7wO6ytiRvUM+nXmfo1msEQV/81Q=; b=jD+NM9iKdiy6w/w7fgS6daMfGgptCDjECrJMqGXfnVBTMklPwKAV8Hy7ondPPh3lVhAUArb3JdL3fYB//kIdYa8XYCkUX7QfxnEmQoGgDJqa1tgNaIVVJh6e9aQLuJaS3OFC60moUcPL+3dGHCkRsyKEwCTMduN8JBdLNC9wESE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=s/a+IXq0A5pCbKG9HUs5SIYe5BAPWSMc0RSvZPaOK7eX09usU2ArT3kcR4hneJkdpd+fxyHWcFO3yYnZiC5IJs+VXFJs3Nd+PNyown7VqqByZv+DPQiUy/jKNrxqTtNxcy2up0zZeIR56rClgs/NXA7PqcNtUlSf2tTBXMoxllQ= Received: by 10.67.20.3 with SMTP id x3mr3099135ugi.3.1205780640871; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:04:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.248.11 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:04:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:04:00 +0000 From: "Igor Mozolevsky" Sender: mozolevsky@gmail.com To: "Kevin Oberman" In-Reply-To: <20080317173026.9A6F44500F@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080317173026.9A6F44500F@ptavv.es.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5af56e27f63a9544 Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enhanced SpeedStep hosed in -current ? 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: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:04:03 -0000 On 17/03/2008, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:55:04 +0000 > > > From: "Igor Mozolevsky" > > > Sender: mozolevsky@gmail.com > > > > > On 17/03/2008, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:43:19 +0000 > > > > From: "Igor Mozolevsky" > > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > > > > > > > > > > On 16/03/2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It looks like my laptop runs full speed at all times, no matter what > > > > > powerd or I may desire. > > > > > > > > > > Looks like the EST driver is (suddenly ?) not happy about the system. > > > > > > > > I thought that this could've been related to the lapic frequency > > > > madness I was seeing in RELENG_7 on my T43p, so I axed cpufreq from > > > > kernel config, and the problem's gone... So, it does seem like > > > > something is not quite in cpufreq > RELENG_7_0... > > > > > > > > > My experience with my T43 (not T43p) is that it does not play well with > > > cpufreq. This is not new to 7-Stable. I have been seeing it since the > > > system was new, just over 2 years ago. I always build my kernel without > > > it. > > > > I'm not having lapic issues (or any others, AFAIKT) on my T43p w/ > > RELENG_7_0 but RELENG_7 makes it really sluggish w/ cpufreq compiled > > in (perl timing tests fail as well)... > > > I have not had any lapic problems to date. I am still running a kernel > from Feb. 14, so I have not yeat updated to the on that gave you > problems. In addition, sine I always run without cpufreq, I hope to not > see it today. > > I was just reporting that the T43 ran fine without cpufreq including > providing the fill array of CPU speeds and resetting the top speed to > 800 MHz when on battery. Powerd works just fine in this configuration as > does the Gnome Frequency Scaling Monitor and the x86info monitor plug-in > for gkrellm. I'll try a full build (as opposed to booting up and checking for lapic problems) with my script w/o cpufreq and see how that goes... Cheers, Igor :-)