From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 20:20:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 828F61065675 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7E78FC29 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2GKK1wr085051 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2GKK117085050; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803162020.m2GKK117085050@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Dmitry Pryanishnikov Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D6B1065676 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:16:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitry@admdeps.euinf.net) Received: from postman.euinf.net (postman.euinf.net [91.196.160.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840D08FC24 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:16:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitry@admdeps.euinf.net) Received: from admdeps.euinf.net (localhost.euinf.net [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.euinf.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2GK6ROH090566 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:06:28 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from dmitry@admdeps.euinf.net) Received: (from dmitry@localhost) by admdeps.euinf.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m2GK6RY3090565; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:06:27 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from dmitry) Message-Id: <200803162006.m2GK6RY3090565@admdeps.euinf.net> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:06:27 +0200 (EET) From: Dmitry Pryanishnikov To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: kern/121768: cpufreq module RELENG_6 -> 7 regressions on ASUS M5A notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:01 -0000 >Number: 121768 >Category: kern >Synopsis: cpufreq module RELENG_6 -> 7 regressions on ASUS M5A notebook >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 16 20:20:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dmitry Pryanishnikov >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386 >Organization: Home >Environment: System: FreeBSD notebook.homenet 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Sun Mar 16 16:43:53 EET 2008 root@notebook.homenet:/usr/obj/data/RELENG_7/src.080315/sys/lynx i386 Hardware: ASUS M5A notebook CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.86GHz (1862.01-MHz 686-class CPU) >Description: ASUS M5A notebook boots with CPU frequency 1862 MHz in AC mode and 800 MHz in battery mode. Operation in both modes has gotten broken (in different ways) after upgrade from RELENG_6 (23.05.07) to RELENG_7 (15.03.08). Booting in AC mode with cpufreq module under RELENG_7 makes all timed sleeps (e.g. sleep(1)) much longer than requested: # time sleep 100 real 3m53.520s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s That's 233.52s instead of 100. Note that the following line gets printed during the boot: dev.cpu.0.freq: 798 -> 1862 Thus timed sleep gets longer in ratio of these two CPU frequencies: 1862 / 798 = 2.3333333 There was no such problem under RELENG_6: during the boot I saw dev.cpu.0.freq: 1862 -> 1862 and timed sleep lengths were correct. Booting in battery mode with cpufreq module under RELENG_7 doesn't break timed sleep, however available CPU frequencies get limited from dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1862/27000 1629/23625 1596/23000 1396/20125 1197/17250 997/14375 798/13000 698/11375 598/9750 498/8125 399/6500 299/4875 199/3250 99/1625 in AC mode to just dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 794/-1 694/-1 595/-1 496/-1 397/-1 297/-1 198/-1 99/-1 So even after powering notebook from AC I can't use CPU frequencies higher than 794 MHz. Note that under RELENG_6 available frequencies were dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1862/27000 1629/23625 1596/23000 1396/20125 1330/20000 1163/17500 1064/17000 931/14875 798/13000 698/11375 598/9750 498/8125 399/6500 299/4875 199/3250 99/1625 regardless of the boot mode (AC/battery). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: To work around the timed sleep problem, don't load cpufreq module. This changes output during the boot to dev.cpu.0.freq: 1852 -> 1852 and restores the exactness on timed sleeps. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: