Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:25:25 +0100 From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpufreq and changing driver Message-ID: <20051130222525.GA11219@poupinou.org> In-Reply-To: <438E2056.4020505@root.org> References: <da5cd1900511300337t22728ec8y@mail.gmail.com> <20051130133224.GA4713@poupinou.org> <da5cd1900511300553r40fcb922m@mail.gmail.com> <438DE9D0.6080107@root.org> <da5cd1900511301205g952b0an@mail.gmail.com> <20051130205130.GA10786@poupinou.org> <da5cd1900511301314p48c399a2k@mail.gmail.com> <438E2056.4020505@root.org>
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 01:57:42PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > Marco Calviani wrote: > >Hi Bruno, > > > >Yes cpufreq is loaded at boot time in /boot/loader.conf .However i > >don't know how to tell him that i want to load est instead of > >acpi_perf. > > est is preferred if supported. But probably est doesn't have a table > for his processor so acpi_perf is used. That's the case for any Dothan IIRC. > There's nothing wrong with > using acpi_perf -- it just gives a BIOS interface to est anyway. indeed. > > You can test this with: > hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled="1" > > This will cause acpi_perf to let est attach. But I suspect est won't. est need acpi_perf if a dothan or above is in use... On the other hand, the linux driver work for the OP, and that's not acceptable we can't do the same :) Maybe a link to a 'acpidmp -d -t' may help to see a little deeper? Marco, could you send to me privately or better provide a link to this output? Cheers, -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.
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