From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751128AbWC2UMK (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:12:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751145AbWC2UMJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:12:09 -0500 Received: from ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.5.131]:11246 "EHLO ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751141AbWC2UMI (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:12:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:12:06 -0500 From: JimD Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AMD64 overclock issue with 2.6.16 but not with 2.6.15 Message-ID: <20060329151206.2bc7bd04@keelie.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200603292054.09385.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> References: <20060329143523.3bbb4df7@keelie.localdomain> <200603292054.09385.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:54:09 +0100 Alistair John Strachan wrote: > At a guess, it sounds like you're trying to use cpufreq on an > overclocked CPU, a definitely no-no. Check your config for this > option, remove it if desired. mnt/sda/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r7 jim@keelie$ grep -i cpufreq .config # CPUFreq processor drivers CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=y CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF=y /mnt/sda/usr/src/linux-2.6.16-gentoo jim@keelie$ grep -i cpufreq .config # CPUFreq processor drivers CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=y CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF=y If I boot into 2.6.15 /proc/cpuinfo show the correct info and the AMD cool-n-quite thingy is working real well. It put the processor at 1100 MHz or instantly ramps up to 2200 MHz. If I boot into 2.6.16, the AMD cool-n-quite thingy works, but now the processor goes down to 1000 MHz or 2000 MHz. I will recompile 2.6.16 without cpufreq and see if that help. Jim