Re: hw.setperf on HP Elite Book

2009-12-09 Thread Jan Stary
On Dec 02 20:04:18, Jan Stary wrote: This is 4.6-stable on a HP EliteBook 8530w (demsg below). $ sysctl hw.setperf hw.setperf=5 I wonder how the 5 got there. I am not setting it; acpi is disabled (because boot hangs with acpi enabled), apmd is not running. No really, what could

Re: hw.setperf on HP Elite Book

2009-12-09 Thread Theo de Raadt
No really, what could possibly set hw.setperf besides sysctl (which I do not call) and apmd (which is not running)? And where does the number 5 come from? Or, what obvious triviality have I overlooked? Is hw.setperf meaningless when apm/acpi is disabled? The kernel is manipulating this.

hw.setperf on HP Elite Book

2009-12-02 Thread Jan Stary
This is 4.6-stable on a HP EliteBook 8530w (demsg below). $ sysctl hw.setperf hw.setperf=5 I wonder how the 5 got there. I am not setting it; acpi is disabled (because boot hangs with acpi enabled), apmd is not running. Note how the kernel is confused (or lied to?) about the CPU's possible