On 17 Mar 2012, at 19:22, Ben Kochie <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm testing my net6501-70 boxes right now with Vyatta Linux
> (2.6.37-1-586-vyatta)
> 
> The cpufreq modules don't seem to be loading properly.  This is likely
> because it can't find the ACPI table from the BIOS to setup the
> correct modes for the Atom E680.  I tried loading some of the modules
> manually, but they don't seem to work.
> 
> The CPU runs at about 115F which isn't too bad, but it would be nice
> if speestep worked.  Has anyone had any luck with this?  Maybe it's
> possible to load the required tables from userspace.

[snip]

The 6501 BIOS has no ACPI and there are no plans to implement it. Without ACPI 
you can't get cpufreq on these newer processors. Basically, you can't use 
cpufreq scaling on the 6501 and won't be able to for the foreseeable future.

HTH,
Chris

-- 
Chris Boot
[email protected]

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