From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 08:46:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 947B037B401; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub01.unibe.ch (mailhub01-skge0.unibe.ch [130.92.9.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 904F543FA3; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:46:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roth@iam.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhub01.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77C8F25BA38; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:46:52 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhub01.unibe.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailhub01 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13472-01-89; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:46:51 +0200 (MEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub01.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C64325BA2B; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:46:51 +0200 (MEST) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6IFkpK00562; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:46:51 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) id h6IFkpe26623; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:46:51 +0200 (MEST) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:46:51 +0200 From: Tobias Roth To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20030718154650.GA22170@speedy.unibe.ch> References: <20030718141239.GB19817@speedy.unibe.ch> <20030718150756.2D3D25D08@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030718150756.2D3D25D08@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: SunOS speedy 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80 X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dmesg showing wrong frequency (IBM T30) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:46:54 -0000 On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 08:07:56AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > Were you on AC or battery when you booted? > > It seems that the T30 (and many other laptops from multiple vendors) > does not change the CPU speed when APM/ACPI from FreeBSD tells it > to. If I boot on battery, my system stays at 1.2 GHz and if I boot on > AC power, the system runs 1.8 GHz. Changes to the power source made > after it is up seem to have no effect. i was on AC all the time. i tried all combinations in the bios (speedstep on/off, max performance setting, ...), always the same. how do you detect what clockspeed your system runs at? did your dmesg ever show something close to 1.8GHz? also, windows is always detecting those 1.2GHz, which indicates for me that the problem is not within the freebsd apm/acpi implementation. i am compiling -current at the moment to see what acpi is reporting. but then, the system is going back to ibm anyway because the second ram slot dies (a known problem). this will possibly force them to switch the mainboard, and i will then see whether the new cpu gets detected differently (and maybe even my ovberheating problems will be solved).