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Date:      Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:09:00 GMT
From:      Stefan Krueger <stadtkind2@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/165303: CPU freq changing not supported on VIA VE-900 (Nano X2 L4050)
Message-ID:  <201202192309.q1JN8x2S023927@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201202192310.q1JNA1Jn067517@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         165303
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       CPU freq changing not supported on VIA VE-900 (Nano X2 L4050)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 19 23:10:00 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stefan Krueger
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-REL
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
There's no dev.cpu.0.freq sysctl even though there's a dev.cpu.0.freq_levels sysctl, thus powerd does not work thus CPU freq changing is not supported on Via Nano X2 CPUs.

# sysctl dev.cpu
dev.cpu.0.%desc: ACPI CPU
dev.cpu.0.%driver: cpu
dev.cpu.0.%location: handle=\_PR_.P001
dev.cpu.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
dev.cpu.0.%parent: acpi0
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1400/0 1200/0 1000/0 800/0
dev.cpu.0.cx_supported: C1/1
dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest: C1
dev.cpu.0.cx_usage: 100.00% last 2430us
dev.cpu.1.%desc: ACPI CPU
dev.cpu.1.%driver: cpu
dev.cpu.1.%location: handle=\_PR_.P002
dev.cpu.1.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
dev.cpu.1.%parent: acpi0
dev.cpu.1.cx_supported: C1/1
dev.cpu.1.cx_lowest: C1
dev.cpu.1.cx_usage: 100.00% last 58451us

>How-To-Repeat:
Start powerd on a Via Nano x2 L4050 and notice no freq. changes are done despite:

# dmesg | grep est
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1

and

# sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1400/0 1200/0 1000/0 800/0
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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