On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 10:24:15AM +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote: > On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Eduardo Costa Lisboa wrote: > > >Hi. I can't set the CPU frequency on my notebook. I am using the > >default kernel, 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic. > > > >I would like to know if is it possible to set the processor frequency > >using cpufrequtils on the AMD64 processor. > > yes, it is. You probably need to load the appropriate module, or (if > you prefer) to compile a new kernel including it. The appropriate module > to load depends on the processor you have, possible choices being > > - powernow-k8 (for Athlon64, Turions, Opterons, 64bit AMD cpus in general) > - p4-clockmod (for Intel P4 with 64 bit extension) > - speedstep-centrino (I don't know what this is for, probably some 64 bit > mobile Intel chip)
Some xeon processors with EMT64 include the same kind of frequency/voltage scaling than the Pentium-M. They are intended for servers platform obviously. -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]