Tried looking into the ACPI tables. There were some method argument count mismatch errors for methods DBGC and BCEN. I don't know if those matters. I assume it should not, Aubrey might know better. Also looks like the ACPI P-State related information like PSS (which exports different supported freq's) is dynamically loaded and may have to do another acpidump to dump P-State related information. I would wait for Aubrey to confirm if the issues related to some method errors is a problem or not before dumping P-State related information.
Thanks Anup On 02/11/09 07:38, Douglas Atique wrote: > 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 > <http://aubrey.li>@intel.com <http://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 > <mailto:d3atiq at gmail.com>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:35 PM > > *To:* Li, Aubrey > *Cc:* Mark Haywood; pm-discuss at opensolaris.org > <mailto: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 > > <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 > <http://aubrey.li>@intel.com <http://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 > <mailto:d3atiq at gmail.com>] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:36 PM > *To:* Li, Aubrey > *Cc:* Mark Haywood; pm-discuss at opensolaris.org > <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <http://aubrey.li>@intel.com > <http://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 > <mailto:d3atiq at gmail.com>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:02 AM > *To:* Mark Haywood > *Cc:* Li, Aubrey; pm-discuss at opensolaris.org > <mailto: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 > <mailto: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> > <http://aubrey.li>@intel.com > <http://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 > <mailto:pm-discuss at opensolaris.org> > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-discuss > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pm-discuss mailing list > pm-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-discuss > -- Anup Pemmaiah Sun Microsystems -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/pm-discuss/attachments/20090211/4bdc8f05/attachment.html>
