http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11541
------- Comment #75 from d.be...@gmail.com 2009-03-03 05:29 ------- (In reply to comment #74) > > I think, the powernow-k8 driver should determine the frequency from the > > Pstate > > MSR directly and not from this ACPI table. > Hmm, I'd vote to keep taking the ACPI values. If the value is wrong you have a > BIOS "bug". [...] > On the other hand side the PowerNow! Windows driver seem to read the MSR to > get > the info (which is really bad!) [...] > It would be great if you (maybe Mark knows > details) could find out why Windows does not show the ACPI value. If it's > reasonable we could make the change, but just do it because Windows shows > other > values sounds a bit hasty (maybe this is just a simple monitor tool not able > to > access ACPI tables not the Windows PowerNow! driver?). The monitor tool is AMD Power Monitor, so I suppose it knows how to monitor the CPU... ;) I agree that doing the change "because Windows shows other values" is nasty, but I think running a processor "out-of-spec" (or "constantly overclocked"), with subsequent thermal, power and noise problems is somewhat nastier... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ acpi-bugzilla mailing list acpi-bugzilla@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-bugzilla
