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Date:      Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:03:32 +0100
From:      "Herbert J. Skuhra" <herbert@mailbox.org>
To:        Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rpi2: cpufreq(4) support lost ?
Message-ID:  <87a7zrgvzv.wl-herbert@mailbox.org>
In-Reply-To: <2bceba56-f6a8-5120-fac5-0d3387a8278d@orange.fr>
References:  <2bceba56-f6a8-5120-fac5-0d3387a8278d@orange.fr>

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On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 12:47:47 +0100,
Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> wrote:
> 
> [I am not subscribed to this list - please answser to me]
> 
> I recently upgraded a RPI2 Model B, from head r323691 armv6 to head
> r325110 + patch D12907 (lib/libc/gen/tls.c) armv7.
> 
> In the dmesg, the lines:
> 
> bcm2835_cpufreq0: <CPU Frequency Control> on cpu0
> bcm2835_cpufreq0: ARM 600MHz, Core 250MHz, SDRAM 400MHz, Turbo OFF
> 
> disappeared, and the log shows:
> 
> /etc/rc.d/powerd start
> powerd: no cpufreq(4) support -- aborting: No such file or directory
> 
> As what seems to be a consequence, the system became much slower.
> 
> Everything came back to normal when I copied the old rpi2.dtb to the
> new /boot/msdos/

The old rpi2.dtb is from an armv6 build, right?

> I tried the rpi2.dtb from the lastest snapshot
>   FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-arm-armv7-RPI2-20171109-r325595.img
> and cpufreq(4) disappeared again.
> 
> What I am missing ?

The problem obviously exists since the switch to armv7.

I use rpi2.dtb from my other RPI2 (stable/11).

--
Herbert



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