Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:48:37 -0700 From: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU throttling Message-ID: <44380585.102@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060408183713.GA36318@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <4437FD31.2040604@shaw.ca> <20060408183713.GA36318@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If I install 5.x instead does it provide similar support? G/ Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 11:13:05AM -0700, Graham North wrote: > > >>ACPI Advice CPU freq management are kind of new to me and I will be >>setting up a brand new motherboard with a sempron 3100+ which has power >>throttling capabilities. I want to capture this if possible - CPU >>throttling was a key factor in its choice. >> >>I intend to install as i386 initially. Do I need to load any specific >>drivers in order to enable AMD's on-chip power management? Can someone >>tell me what is built into the kernel and/or what needs to be added? I >>believe that ACPI is part of the kernel? Does it just auto-detect and >>provide a "ready to run - right out of the box"? Is it worth waiting a >>couple of weeks for 6.1 to be released or are these features solid >>already in an updated 6.0? >> >> > >"device cpufreq" in kernel and powerd_enable="YES" in rc.conf > >It's worth using 6.1 on general grounds, but this support has been in >6.x for some time. > >Kris > > -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/305 - Release Date: 4/8/2006 --=======AVGMAIL-443805857AA9=======--
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