Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:55:48 +0300 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: Ron Freidel <rfreidel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi/cpu scaling probs? Dell D820 FreeBSD current Message-ID: <4A47BCB4.2040701@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1246213381.00133032.1246200002@10.7.7.3> References: <1246213381.00133032.1246200002@10.7.7.3>
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Ron Freidel wrote:
> I hope I am posting to the correct list...
>
> I have updated to FreeBSD current to try out acpi sleep, which works great
> by the way, and the improvements to wifi and the addition of sleep are
> enough to keep current on the laptop.
>
> Here's the problem, the cpu is maxed out, no scaling at all.
>
> Here's the output of powerd -v
> <snip>
> load 108%, current freq 2000 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4000 MHz
> load 109%, current freq 2000 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4000 MHz
> load 102%, current freq 2000 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4000 MHz
> load 124%, current freq 2000 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4000 MHz
> load 108%, current freq 2000 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4000 MHz
> <snip>
^^^
This is the reason. powerd sees that one of your CPUs is constantly
busy. You should investigate why and what that CPU does.
--
Alexander Motin
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