From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 04:07:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30511065675 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:07:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex.kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net (vms173005pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12F58FC1A for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:07:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex.kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from [10.0.3.231] ([70.111.173.38]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KDH00DHASKG0XO0@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:05:05 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:04:49 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" In-reply-to: <1231957141.1172.55.camel@RabbitsDen> To: George Neville-Neil Message-id: <1231988689.1064.8.camel@RabbitsDen> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT References: <111DA6F0-24FF-417C-B37B-25780F7ECFF6@neville-neil.com> <1231952766.1172.31.camel@RabbitsDen> <1231957141.1172.55.camel@RabbitsDen> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X60 overheating with 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:07:49 -0000 On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 13:19 -0500, Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 12:13 -0500, George Neville-Neil wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:06 , Alexandre Sunny Kovalenko wrote: > > > > >> > > > That thread forked and re-forked a few times under the different > > > subjects... > > > > > > Did you try setting > > > > > > hw.acpi.thermal.user_override=1 > > > hw.acpi.thermal.tz1._PSV=75C > > > > > > in /etc/sysctl.conf? > > > > > Yes, that is now set and it keeps the machine from overheating BUT > > the machine bounces around alot when doing any real work, like a build. > > So the heat gets up to 80 then the CPU goes down to 125, then the heat > > comes > > down etc. > I guess, we are down to expectations management here ;) I do no expect > 1.83 GHz dualcore CPU, 3GB of RAM and 160GB of 5400RPM disk to be able > to run at the top performance within 4 lbs package for any protracted > period of time. I am quite happy with it doing -STABLE buildword under > hour-and-a-half and re-encoding DVD movies at ~250fps. Or building > OpenOffice.org under two days ;) > > > > If not, we can start by comparing machines and configurations. Mine is > > > X60 (1709-something) with 1.83GHz "Core Not-2 Duo" which is 32-bit > > > machine and I am running i386 version of -STABLE on it. I seem to > > > recall > > > that there are 64-bit capable X60 models out there as well and someone > > > was running amd64 flavor on it. What's yours? > > > > > > > I am running i386 as well and I think our machines are identical. > Judging by "2000/Something" you have mentioned below, I suspect not. > > > I have tried powerd but, at least emprically, it seemed to cause > > the bouncing heat/CPU speed issue to be worse, that is, higher peaks > > and troughs. > Just out of curiosity -- what are you using to visualize this? I was > tempted a few times to put something together, but never really sat down > to do it. > > > It NEVER gets down to 40 except when I turn it on. At idle the tz0 > > and tz1 are > > 60 and 62 respectively. > I shall turn off powerd and Cx levels later today and see what I get > than. After sitting idle at 1.83GHz and C1 for 5 minutes after boot it did not move off 43 and 45 respectively. Fan was turning on and off, though. Few things I should have mentioned, which might or might not be related: -- I set hw.pci.do_power_nodriver to "3" -- I do not build USB into the kernel and I do not load USB modules by default -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)