Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:39:04 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Cc: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Subject: Re: 7.1-PRERELEASE: asus M3A / Phenom X4 / powerd freeze Message-ID: <200812121639.06698.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200812121626.56590.jkim@FreeBSD.org> References: <wpoczipb92.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> <wpljul6sh4.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> <200812121626.56590.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
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On Friday 12 December 2008 04:26 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2008 03:36 pm, Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > > cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> writes: > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:01:29AM +0100, Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > > > > yet another powerd SOS : on an ASUS M3A78-EM MB with > > > > Phenom 9750 and 8 gig memory, starting powerd freezes > > > > the box after slowing down a bit cpu frequency. > > > > > > (... snip ...) > > > > > > > dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2398/-1 2098/-1 1798/-1 1498/-1 > > > > 1199/-1 899/-1 599/-1 299/-1 > > > > > > > > further : > > > > > > > > - I set debug.cpufreq.lowest superior to 1500 : system > > > > remains up but only when pushing really slightly > > > > > > > > - I set debug.cpufreq.lowest inferior to 1100 : freeze > > > > garantueed > > > > > > Same here. Running with > > > debug.cpufreq.lowest="1240" > > > in /boot/loader.conf to prevent freezes. > > > > > > This is a FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Sat Nov 8 14:18:05 CET > > > 2008 root@textbox:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > > > running in amd64 and i386 mode with ACPI enabled (default): > > > > > > CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) 9350e Quad-Core Processor (2000.08-MHz > > > K8-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x100f23 Stepping > > > = 3 > > > > > > Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP > > >,M TRR, PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT> > > > Features2=0x802009<SSE3,MON,CX16,<b23>> > > > AMD > > > Features=0xee500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM, > > > 3DNow!+,3DNow!> > > > AMD Features2=0x7ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,<b5>,<b6>,<b7>, > > > Prefetch,<b9>,<b10>> > > > Cores per package: 4 > > > > > > using an MSI board with SB600 chipset and newest BIOS. > > > > > > No idea why the system freezes below approx 1200 MHz. But > > > apparently, this bug is quite common and affects a lot of > > > systems with Phenoms. :( > > > > do Phenoms not support powernow? > > [SNIP] > > "Phenom" is 10H family processor and it has Cool`n'Quiet 2.0. > Someone wrote a driver for it and it was posted on freebsd-current > in September: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-September/0 >88330.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-September/0 >88803.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-September/0 >88806.html I forgot there is a PR with the latest driver: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=128575 Jung-uk Kim
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