From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 15:08:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 395671065673 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@nuenneri.ch) Received: from mail-bw0-f218.google.com (mail-bw0-f218.google.com [209.85.218.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C44708FC27 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:08:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz18 with SMTP id 18so1473882bwz.7 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.199.16 with SMTP id b16mr537087muq.130.1249657681565; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090807140422.GE1650@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <20090807000611.GA38670@bsdcrew.de> <20090807010159.GV86066@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090807080946.GB38670@bsdcrew.de> <20090807140422.GE1650@phenom.cordula.ws> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:08:01 +0200 Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marius_N=FCnnerich?= To: cpghost Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: All videos play too fast on AMD Phenom II X4 955 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:08:03 -0000 On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 16:04, cpghost wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 10:42:39AM +0200, Marius N?nnerich wrote: >> >> > A secound problem is powerd, i can't use >> >> > that under 1200 mhz, under 1200 the box >> >> > freeze. >> >> >> >> I have that same problem with a >> >> ? CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) 9350e Quad-Core Processor (2000.08-MHz K8-class= CPU) >> >> >> >> AS a work around, I've added >> >> ? debug.cpufreq.lowest=3D"1240" >> >> to /boot/loader.conf. >> >> >> >> It's not ideal, but I have NO idea what's causing the freezes >> >> at lower CPU speeds. >> >> Please show: >> sysctl kern.timecounter > > With debug.cpufreq.lowest=3D"1240" in /boot/loader.conf, this is > what I get: > > phenom# sysctl kern.timecounter > kern.timecounter.tick: 1 > kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(-100) HPET(900) ACPI-safe(850) i8254(0) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 dummy(-1000000) > kern.timecounter.hardware: HPET > kern.timecounter.stepwarnings: 0 > kern.timecounter.tc.i8254.mask: 65535 > kern.timecounter.tc.i8254.counter: 4503 > kern.timecounter.tc.i8254.frequency: 1193182 > kern.timecounter.tc.i8254.quality: 0 > kern.timecounter.tc.ACPI-safe.mask: 4294967295 > kern.timecounter.tc.ACPI-safe.counter: 2712383003 > kern.timecounter.tc.ACPI-safe.frequency: 3579545 > kern.timecounter.tc.ACPI-safe.quality: 850 > kern.timecounter.tc.HPET.mask: 4294967295 > kern.timecounter.tc.HPET.counter: 1471646472 > kern.timecounter.tc.HPET.frequency: 14318180 > kern.timecounter.tc.HPET.quality: 900 > kern.timecounter.tc.TSC.mask: 4294967295 > kern.timecounter.tc.TSC.counter: 524765121 > kern.timecounter.tc.TSC.frequency: 2000079241 > kern.timecounter.tc.TSC.quality: -100 > kern.timecounter.smp_tsc: 0 > kern.timecounter.invariant_tsc: 1 > > phenom# sysctl -a | grep acpi_throttle > dev.acpi_throttle.0.%desc: ACPI CPU Throttling > dev.acpi_throttle.0.%driver: acpi_throttle > dev.acpi_throttle.0.%parent: cpu0 > dev.acpi_throttle.0.freq_settings: 10000/-1 8750/-1 7500/-1 6250/-1 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 5000/= -1 3750/-1 2500/-1 1250/-1 > > phenom# kenv | grep acpi > acpi_load=3D"YES" > hint.acpi.0.oem=3D"ACPIAM" > hint.acpi.0.revision=3D"1" > hint.acpi.0.rsdp=3D"0xf9d40" > hint.acpi.0.rsdt=3D"0x77f90000" > >> afaik using acpi_throttling AND cool'n quiet together often leads to >> freezes and even to more energy consumption. Maybe you can disable >> acpi_throttle and just use the cool'n quiet states. > > Ah, interesting! How can I disable it? In the BIOS or via ACPI? > acpi(4) is somewhat confusing: I'm not sure what to put into > debug.acpi.disabled. > > Thanks, > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > http://markmail.org/message/njjpogzsylxmmkl7 I hope this helps.