Subject: Re: powernow k8 problem
To: billk01 <billk01@metrumrg.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/13/2006 21:57:33
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On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 02:59:10PM -0500, billk01 wrote:
> The powernow_k8 debug message is the same whether I use an ACPI kernel=20
> or non-ACPI kernel. Either way it says the following:
>=20
> k8pnow_states: before the for loop
> k8pnow_states: returns 0!
> k8_powernow_init: returned 0!
> k8_powernow_init: k8pnow_current_state is NULL!
>=20
> Would it help to also attach my dmesg for the non-ACPI kernel?

That's not the point.  The thing is that we know only about how to
retrieve the information from the BIOS.

In any case, until we have per-CPU work queues, our EST and
Cool'n'Quiet support will not actually work on multi-cpu/core systems.

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"You could have made it, spitting out benchmarks
Owe it to yourself not to fail"
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