> 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
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