And, change to poll-mode and try powertop again. 1. change to poll-mode in /etc/power.conf >>>cpupm enable poll-mode
2. run pmconfig as root # pmconfig 3. run powertop again. Thanks, -Aubrey Milan Jurik wrote: > > Hi, > > what is powertop saying? > > Also, pm-discuss@ is better place for this. > > Best regards, > > Milan > > Andrej Podzimek píše v po 26. 07. 2010 v 06:38 +0200: > > Hello, > > > > There seems to be no freuqency scaling on my machine. The frequencies > shown by kstat remain at the highest possible value. > > > > The output from kstat (for the first one of the eight virtual CPUs): > > > > module: cpu_info instance: 0 > > name: cpu_info0 class: misc > > brand Intel(r) Core(tm) i7 CPU > Q 820 @ 1.73GHz > > cache_id 0 > > clock_MHz 1733 > > clog_id 0 > > core_id 0 > > cpu_type i386 > > crtime 41,803748237 > > current_clock_Hz 1734000000 > > current_cstate 3 > > family 6 > > fpu_type i387 compatible > > chip_id 0 > > implementation x86 (chipid 0x0 GenuineIntel > 106E5 family 6 model 30 step 5 clock 1733 MHz) > > model 30 > > ncore_per_chip 4 > > ncpu_per_chip 8 > > pg_id 5 > > pkg_core_id 0 > > snaptime 61391,9925084 > > socket_type Unknown > > state on-line > > state_begin 1280057052 > > stepping 5 > > supported_frequencies_Hz > 1199000000:1333000000:1466000000:1599000000:1733000000:1734000000 > > supported_max_cstates 3 > > vendor_id GenuineIntel > > > > This is in my /etc/power.conf: > > > > autopm default > > autoS3 default > > cpu-threshold 1s > > autoshutdown 30 9:00 9:00 > > noshutdown > > cpupm enable > > > > BTW, the frequency value seems to be the TurboBoost „virtual frequency“... > This is quite surprising, especially when it's shown for all the eight > virtual CPUs > at once all the time. > > > > Is this a known issue or have I just forgotten to configure something? This > > is a > ThinkPad W510 and frequency scaling works just fine on this machine under > Linux. > > > > Andrej > > > > _______________________________________________ > > on-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/on-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > pm-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-discuss _______________________________________________ pm-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-discuss
