Hi Aubrey, So you can learn all about my ACPI with this tool? Cool :-)
The output is attached. Regards, Douglas On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Li, Aubrey <aubrey.li at intel.com> wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > Yeah, from cpuid info, the CPU on your box supports speedstep indeed. > But if BIOS doesn't export any related information out to the OS, OS still > can't do anything. So Let's go ahead to check your box: > > Please download and install acpidump. > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/solaris/blastwave/unstable/i386/5.9/acpidump-20071116,REV=2008.05.10-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz > And run the following command as root. > > # ./acpidump > dump.out > > Please send me the file "dump.out". > Thanks, > -Aubrey > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Douglas Atique [mailto:d3atiq at gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:35 PM > > *To:* Li, Aubrey > *Cc:* Mark Haywood; pm-discuss at opensolaris.org > *Subject:* Re: [pm-discuss] Help with battery consumption > > Hi Aubrey, > > Apparently it supports "Enhanced SpeedStep" (as claimed by the > manufacturer: > http://www.vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-N38Z%2FW&productFilters=retired&site=voe_en_GB_cons&pageType=Overview&category=VN+N+Series). > Shouldn't that work? > > I don't recall exactly from which build on the battery would go away so > quicky. I remember that was after ZFS boot (snv_90) and I would say it was > in the last few builds, but I cannot recall exactly. Does that help at all? > > Cheers, > Douglas > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Li, Aubrey <aubrey.li at intel.com> wrote: > >> Hi Douglas, >> >> As for cpu power mangement, if your laptop doesn't support Speedstep. >> I'm afraid I can't do any further help. Can you confirm that on snv_69 so >> that >> we can make sure speedstep doesn't have a regression. >> >> There are still other components on the motherboard, the related experts >> here might be able to help. >> >> Thanks, >> -Aubrey >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Douglas Atique [mailto:d3atiq at gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:36 PM >> *To:* Li, Aubrey >> *Cc:* Mark Haywood; pm-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> *Subject:* Re: [pm-discuss] Help with battery consumption >> >> Looks like this last e-mail didn't make it to the list. Did you get it? >> -- Douglas >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Douglas Atique <d3atiq at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately, I must have a very cheap (in the worst sense) laptop... My >>> BIOS (Phoenix R0100J4) doesn't allow me to control anything except boot >>> order and power-on passwords. It doesn't even mention SpeedStep. >>> >>> Here's psrinfo output: >>> >>> # psrinfo -pv >>> The physical processor has 2 virtual processors (0 1) >>> x86 (GenuineIntel 6F2 family 6 model 15 step 2 clock 1667 MHz) >>> Intel(r) Core(tm)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz >>> # >>> >>> -- Douglas >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Li, Aubrey <aubrey.li at intel.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It looks like EIST(speedstep) is not enabled, or it's not supported. >>>> Please check BIOS and give us "psrinfo -vp" report. >>>> >>>> -Aubrey >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* Douglas Atique [mailto:d3atiq at gmail.com] >>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:02 AM >>>> *To:* Mark Haywood >>>> *Cc:* Li, Aubrey; pm-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> *Subject:* Re: [pm-discuss] Help with battery consumption >>>> >>>> Looks like it was already enabled... >>>> >>>> -- Douglas >>>> >>>> # >>>> # Copyright 1996-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. >>>> # Use is subject to license terms. >>>> # >>>> #pragma ident "@(#)power.conf 2.1 02/03/04 SMI" >>>> # >>>> # Power Management Configuration File >>>> # >>>> >>>> device-dependency-property removable-media /dev/fb >>>> autopm default >>>> autoS3 default >>>> cpu-threshold 1s >>>> cpupm enable >>>> # Auto-Shutdown Idle(min) Start/Finish(hh:mm) Behavior >>>> autoshutdown 30 9:00 9:00 noshutdown >>>> ~ >>>> ~ >>>> ~ >>>> ~ >>>> ~ >>>> ~ >>>> ~ >>>> "power.conf" 16 lines, 411 characters >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mark Haywood <Mark.Haywood at >>>> sun.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Douglas Atique wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have used this laptop with SXCE since snv_69. I have noticed this >>>>>> high battery consumption with more recent builds (say snv_100), but I am >>>>>> not >>>>>> exactly sure which one. >>>>>> I am not sure if cpupm is enabled. I didn't do anything to enable it. >>>>>> Here is an output of powertop running on my machine. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Look at your /etc/power.conf file and see if you see a line like: >>>>> >>>>> cpupm enable >>>>> >>>>> Also, a line like: >>>>> >>>>> cpu-threshold 1s >>>>> >>>>> would be good. And make sure SpeedStep is enable in your BIOS setup. I >>>>> assume that it is. >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -- Douglas >>>>>> >>>>>> OpenSolaris PowerTOP version 1.1 >>>>>> >>>>>> Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies) >>>>>> C0 (cpu running) (15.8%) 1662 Mhz 100.0% >>>>>> C1 1.3ms (84.2%) >>>>>> >>>>>> Wakeups-from-idle per second: 660.8 interval: 5.1s >>>>>> no ACPI power usage estimate available >>>>>> >>>>>> Top causes for wakeups: >>>>>> 40.0% (264.3) <kernel> : genunix`cv_wakeup >>>>>> 15.1% (100.0) <kernel> : genunix`clock >>>>>> 13.4% ( 88.4) <interrupt> : ath#0 >>>>>> 7.1% ( 47.2) <interrupt> : i8042#0 >>>>>> 5.7% ( 37.5) sched : <cross calls> >>>>>> 3.9% ( 26.0) <kernel> : genunix`realitexpire >>>>>> 1.8% ( 11.7) <kernel> : >>>>>> uhci`uhci_handle_root_hub_status_change >>>>>> 1.5% ( 10.1) <kernel> : ata`ghd_timeout >>>>>> 0.7% ( 4.9) <kernel> : myk`gem_mii_link_watcher >>>>>> 0.7% ( 4.7) <kernel> : genunix`lwp_timer_timeout >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Li, Aubrey <aubrey.li < >>>>>> http://aubrey.li>@intel.com <http://intel.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Douglas Atique wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Hi, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I have a Sony Vaio VGN-N38Z laptop which used to work well for >>>>>> > about 2 hours. >>>>>> >>>>>> Which build did you use to make your laptop working well for about >>>>>> 2 >>>>>> hours? >>>>>> >>>>>> >However, in the latest SXCE builds (I use >>>>>> > snv_105 now) I have noticed that once disconnected from AC >>>>>> > power, the battery indicator in the Gnome bar starts to >>>>>> > decrease almost like a clock and in about 20 minutes it is >>>>>> > already asking me to recharge. I started suspecting that some >>>>>> > power management-related change is the cause of this behavior >>>>>> > because the laptop has been working warm all the time. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Can I do something to diagnose a possible problem? If anyone >>>>>> > wants to take a look, I offer my time for testing. Just let me >>>>>> know >>>>>> > what I have to do. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Cheers, >>>>>> > Douglas >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you enable cpupm(speedstep)? What does powertop say? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> -Aubrey >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> pm-discuss mailing list >>>>>> pm-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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