My mistake. Intel family/model numbers are not as simple as I first thought! Many Intel P4 processors are supported. http://blogs.sun.com/mhaywood/entry/introducing_speedstep_on_solaris
Check which family/model your processor is. It likely fails speedstep_supported(). Regards, Bill On 12/19/08 12:22, Bill Holler wrote: > Hi Sathvik, > > The cpudrv drviver did not load on your system. > cpudrv creates these kstats. > > Your test machine is a Pentium 4: > Intel(r) Pentium(r) 4 CPU 2.40GHz > > I suspect OpenSolaris does not support Speedstep on P4. > Lets look at the code: > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/uts/i86pc/io/cpudrv/speedstep.c#246 > > boolean_t > speedstep_supported(uint_t family, uint_t model) > { > struct cpuid_regs cpu_regs; > uint64_t reg; > > /* Required features */ > if (!(x86_feature & X86_CPUID) || > !(x86_feature & X86_MSR)) { > return (B_FALSE); > } > > /* > * We only support family/model combinations which > * are P-state TSC invariant. > */ > if (!((family == 0xf && model >= 0x3) || > (family == 0x6 && model >= 0xe))) { > return (B_FALSE); > } > > > > If I am not mistaken Intel Family=f model=3 is Prescott which is > later than P4. P4 and earlier are not supported. > Many P4 processors are supported! > Regards, > Bill > > > > On 12/19/08 11:44, sathvik L wrote: > >> Hi , >> >> I am using an intel p4 desktop. when I run the command "kstat -m >> cpu_info | grep supported_frequencies_Hz" I don't see any output. >> >> My solaris kernel version is old (5.11) is that the problem ? ( I will >> need a week before I get the mail containing the new open Solaris nov >> release). >> >> The only CPU related notices from the o/p of the dmesg command were >> these : >> >> Dec 18 01:33:23 belenix unix: [ID 126719 kern.notice] features: >> 1047fff<cpuid,sse3,sse2,sse,sep,pat,cx8,pae,mca,mmx,cmov,de,pge,mtrr,msr,tsc,lgpg> >> Dec 18 01:33:23 belenix unix: [ID 311457 kern.notice] cpu0: >> initialized cpu module 'cpu.generic' >> Dec 18 01:33:23 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 803547 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: i8042 (i8042) instance 0 vector 0x1 >> ioapic 0x1 intin 0x1 is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:23 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 444295 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: i8042 (i8042) instance #0 vector 0xc >> ioapic 0x1 intin 0xc is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:23 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 803547 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0320 (ehci) instance 0 vector >> 0x77 ioapic 0x1 intin 0x17 is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:25 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 803547 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0300 (uhci) instance 0 vector >> 0x74 ioapic 0x1 intin 0x10 is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:26 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 444295 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0300 (uhci) instance #1 >> vector 0x75 ioapic 0x1 intin 0x13 is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:27 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 444295 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0300 (uhci) instance #2 >> vector 0x76 ioapic 0x1 intin 0x12 is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:29 belenix unix: [ID 950921 kern.notice] cpu0: x86 >> (GenuineIntel F33 family 15 model 3 step 3 clock 2400 MHz) >> Dec 18 01:33:29 belenix unix: [ID 950921 kern.notice] cpu0: Intel(r) >> Pentium(r) 4 CPU 2.40GHz >> Dec 18 01:33:33 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 803547 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: ide (ata) instance 0 vector 0xe ioapic >> 0x1 intin 0xe is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:33 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 444295 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: ide (ata) instance #1 vector 0xf ioapic >> 0x1 intin 0xf is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:33 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 803547 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: pci10ec,8139 (rtls) instance 0 vector >> 0x8 ioapic 0x1 intin 0x11 is bound to cpu 0 >> Dec 18 01:33:38 belenix pcplusmp: [ID 803547 kern.info >> <http://kern.info>] pcplusmp: asy (asy) instance 0 vector 0x4 ioapic >> 0x1 intin 0x4 is bound to cpu 0 >> >> Here there aren't cpupm related messages ! >> Can anybody please help me out in finding what the problem is. >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Sathvik >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pm-discuss mailing list >> 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 >
