Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 22:13:19 +0100 From: James O'Gorman <james@netinertia.co.uk> To: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 on the ThinkPad X60s Message-ID: <446105EF.50907@netinertia.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4460ECD9.7030505@kde.org> References: <4460E83A.8050301@netinertia.co.uk> <4460ECD9.7030505@kde.org>
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Chris Howells wrote: > James O'Gorman wrote: >>>> * Dual-core CPU >>> Does CPU speed scaling work with both cores? >> >> How do you check that? (This is my first non-Mac laptop...) > > Load the cpufreq.ko module, either at the loader prompt, or by adding > [snip] > > powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0 I now get: est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0 est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1 I've enabled powerd too so I'll see if it does anything :-) > ... is the line from my AMD Sempron server. > > If it is I guess you can try enabling powerd, something like > > powerd_enable="YES" > > in /etc/rc.conf > > Followed by > > /etc/rc.d/powerd start > > Then the CPU frequency should be automatically reduced when the load is > low to reduce heat and power consumption. > > Then something like this should give you an idea if it's working: > > [chris@sauron ~]$ sysctl -a dev.cpu | grep freq > dev.cpu.0.freq: 1800 > dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1800/59000 1000/21700 I get: > sysctl -a dev.cpu | grep freq dev.cpu.0.freq: 125 dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1667/31000 1458/27125 1333/22000 1166/19250 1000/13000 875/11375 750/9750 625/8125 500/6500 375/4875 250/3250 125/1625 There is also: dev.est.0.freq_settings: 1667/31000 1333/22000 1000/13000 dev.est.1.freq_settings: 1667/31000 1333/22000 1000/13000 Although the dev.cpu0.freq was at 1667 earlier, so I dunno if powerd or est has slowed it down or if it's just plain wrong! (This is while plugged into AC.) > (hopefully you'd see an entry for the second core also) There are entries for dev.cpu.1, but no freq entries. >> I've just got GNOME installed and I can't get esd to run at all, so I'm >> guessing not. I've tried kldloading every sound module there is! Unless >> it needs one that isn't built by default... > > I'd probably expect it to use the snd_ich.ko driver. Unfortunately not. I set snd_ich_load="YES" in loader.conf, but when I log into KDE, Arts just tells me that /dev/dsp doesn't exist. I tried setting hw.snd.maxautovchans to 4, just in case, but no luck. James
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