> I guess this means it would make sense to have PowerTop show the > actual > P0 frequency over the last interval instead of the P1 + 1Mhz frequency?
Yes, that is what I should get with the APERF/MPERF registers. -vinay ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Saxe <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:36 pm Subject: Re: [tesla-dev] Question on PowerTop V 1.1 To: Vinay Devadas <Vinay.Devadas at Sun.COM> Cc: tesla-dev at opensolaris.org > Mark Haywood wrote: > > Vinay Devadas wrote: > > > >> Hi Mark, > >> > >> I am Vinay, working on the Turbo Mode RFE on PowerTop. > >> > >> So this means that, when a *Turbo Mode supported* processor runs at > P0, then it may actually be running at some frequency *greater than or > equal to its P1 frequency (2400 in the example)*. So using APERF/MPERF > will help us determine the average frequency in P0 for such > conditions. Is that correct ? > >> > >> > > > > Yes, I believe that is correct. > > > I guess this means it would make sense to have PowerTop show the > actual > P0 frequency over the last interval instead of the P1 + 1Mhz frequency? > > -Eric > _______________________________________________ > tesla-dev mailing list > tesla-dev at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/tesla-dev
