On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:21:04 +0000 Darren Salt <[email protected]> wrote:
> I demand that Shawn Lamson may or may not have written... > > > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:24:10 +0000 > > Darren Salt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I demand that Shawn Lamson may or may not have written... > [snip; SHE-triggered freeze while on mains] > >>> Has anyone else seen this issue? > >> Some 700-series users. Never before a 901 user or, for that matter, any > >> user of _any_ Atom-based model (that I know of); my 901's certainly never > >> shown a problem. > > >> OOI, which BIOS version? (I'm using 2103.) > > > it's ASUS 901 ACPI BIOS Revision 1703 > > Hmm. I don't recall exactly which BIOS version was present when I first > tested S.H.E. support... I say upgrade. > according to this page there is no newer bios for 901 http://update.eeepc.asus.com/bios/ is there some other source for them? > >> Your kernel configuration may also be relevant. > >> [snip] > which particular values would you think would impact it? > > Also - I double checked and the boot message: > > "Setting super hybrid engine according to configuration... (Battery) ... > done" > > or (AC), appears regardless of the BIOS setting, but flipping the > > "Intel Speed Step Tech" definitely triggers the behavior ... > > This is looking like a different problem. Which cpufreq driver is loaded, and > which governor are you using? (ACPI & ondemand, in my case.) acpi_cpufreq ? and I never set the governor, so I am assuming by default it is using ondemand (that is the one reported to be in use by cpufreq-info) I tried booting up on battery with the speed step option enabled in bios, verified everything was working okay, then rmmod the acpi_cpufreq module.. of course CPU frequency was no longer being reported nor controlled after the rmmod, but if I plugged in to AC the box didn't freeze up. I was unable to reload the acpi_cpufreq module after this though, either on battery or AC power, just getting "insmod: can't read 'acpi_cpufreq': No such file or directory" ... only after a reboot was it active/installed again. is there an alternative to this module, or some tweaking that can be done to it, or a log to look at to get more info? Thanks for the help. Shawn > > Of the three BIOS settings on the "advanced CPU settings" menu, I have CPUID > value limiting disabled and the other two options enabled. > > > I can survive w/o this feature, but it was nice to think i was increasing > > effeciency, > > You are, at least normally; better to use a governor which quickly increases > the CPU speed to the maximum so that the task is finished more quickly. > > [snip] -- Shawn Lamson [email protected] _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
