Hi,
I have boxes with 6.2-x86 to 7.0-amd64 with CPUs from AMD and Intel ranging
between Athlon64, Pentium4, Xeon processors.
OK I have setup powerd and when I run powerd I see (for example):
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 2978 MHz to 2605 MHz
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 2605 MHz to 2233 MHz
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 2233 MHz to 1861 MHz
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 1861 MHz to 1489 MHz
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 1489 MHz to 1116 MHz
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 1116 MHz to 744 MHz
idle time > 90%, decreasing clock speed from 744 MHz to 372 MHz
and sysctl's seem to be in order:
dev.cpu.0.freq: 372
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2978/-1 2605/-1 2233/-1 1861/-1 1489/-1 1116/-1 744/-1
372/-1
dev.p4tcc.0.freq_settings: 10000/-1 8750/-1 7500/-1 6250/-1 5000/-1 3750/-1
2500/-1 1250/-1
dev.cpufreq.0.%driver: cpufreq
dev.cpufreq.0.%parent: cpu0
However, I downloaded acpi_ppc from
http://www.spa.is.uec.ac.jp/~nfukuda/software/ and there comes a program called
chkfreq with it which measures the cpu time. It always shows the maximum speed.
For example 2992751205 for 3ghz P4 (from the above examples) regardless of what
freq is set.
OK lets say the chkfreq is faulty, but I tested this on another machine with 6.2
box with:
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ (2202.83-MHz 686-class CPU)
and acpi_ppc says:
cpu0: Px state: P0, 2200MHz, 89000mW, 100us, 7us
cpu0: Px state: P1, 2000MHz, 69000mW, 100us, 7us
cpu0: Px state: P2, 1800MHz, 50000mW, 100us, 7us
cpu0: Px state: P3, 1000MHz, 22000mW, 100us, 7us
cpu0: Px method: AMD K8 Cool'n'Quiet
and when at 1000mhz chkfreq shows 1001297861 when I unload acpi_ppc it shows
2202845489.
Then I load cpufreq and I see:
powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0
and run powerd
dev.cpu.0.freq: 1000
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2200/89000 2000/69000 1800/50000 1000/22000
dev.powernow.0.freq_settings: 2200/89000 2000/69000 1800/50000 1000/22000
dev.cpufreq.0.%driver: cpufreq
dev.cpufreq.0.%parent: cpu0
but when I run chkfreq I get 2202846202 (I checked with -v, powerd does not
increase speed while testing)
I tested powerd on several machines with p4, athlon64, xeon processors and it
seems to work in none of the machines properly.
Does anybody know how any way to check for sure if powerd is really working or
not?
Thanks,
Evren