Nikolay Molchanov wrote:
> 
> Byron Servies wrote:
> > On 02/21/11 02:20 PM, Nikolay Molchanov wrote:
> >
> >>>> No, we need all CPUs to run at the same frequency.
> >>>
> >>> You might try disabling cpupm (cpu power management) in
> >>> /etc/power.conf and see if this does what you want.  Turbo mode may
> >>> still be enabled, but at least P and C-state transitions will be
> >>> turned off.
> >>
> >> I'll try. Is it a service? I mean, can I use svcadm to enable/disable it?
> >> Do I need a reboot if I change the setting in the /etc/power.conf file?
> >> Currently I see these settings:
> >>
> >> % cat /etc/power.conf
> >> ...
> >> autopm                  default
> >> cpupm                   enable
> >> cpu-threshold           1s
> >>
> >> So, your suggestion is to change "cpupm" state to "disable", correct?
> >
> > Correct.  Then run the pmconfig command to make the change in the
> > running kernel.  You can use the powertop command to monitor what is
> > happening with cpu P and C states before and after to see if that is
> > doing what you expect (powertop should work on linux, too).
> 
> I cannot find the powertop command on this system. Do I need Solaris 11
> to have this utility? Currently this system runs Solaris 10.

I thought PowerTOP is included in S10Ux. It should work if you copy the binary
from Nevada, it's not a official way though.

Thanks,
-Aubrey

> 
> I changed the state of cpupm to disable, and invoked /usr/sbin/pmconfig,
> but it looks like you are right about the Turbo Mode, at least our tests
> show the same 13% overcounting, which means our calculation uses a CPU
> frequency that is 13% below the real maximum CPU frequency. I see that
> our calculation uses 2933 MHz, which is the maximum reported by "kstat
> cpu_info", so it must be the Turbo Mode tat causes the difference.
> 
> Thanks.
> Nik
> 
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