Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-25 Thread JoaoBR
On Thursday 23 August 2007 14:37:57 Ian Smith wrote: so now I did because of your question and it seems the power_profile script has a bug I tries to set hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest=C1 but I guess it should be dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest Ah, ok. Updated in HEAD but not STABLE:

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-23 Thread JoaoBR
On Thursday 23 August 2007 00:17:56 Ian Smith wrote: Call me curious, but (assuming that you're tuning for performance, not economy, and so will always run these boxes on AC power, not battery): a) why you think that line in /etc/rc.d/power_profile is 'funny'? well, in first place

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-23 Thread Ian Smith
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, JoaoBR wrote: On Thursday 23 August 2007 00:17:56 Ian Smith wrote: Call me curious, but (assuming that you're tuning for performance, not economy, and so will always run these boxes on AC power, not battery): a) why you think that line in

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-23 Thread JoaoBR
On Thursday 23 August 2007 14:37:57 Ian Smith wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, JoaoBR wrote: On Thursday 23 August 2007 00:17:56 Ian Smith wrote: Call me curious, but (assuming that you're tuning for performance, not economy, and so will always run these boxes on AC power, not battery):

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-22 Thread JoaoBR
On Monday 06 August 2007 09:28:35 JoaoBR wrote: . I had a chance to test several MBs with the same 6000+, 5000+ and 4600+ cpu At the end seems that the problem is mb/hardware related since some combinations hung even with latest BIOS installed and others not. not sure if somebody still

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-22 Thread Ian Smith
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, JoaoBR wrote: On Monday 06 August 2007 09:28:35 JoaoBR wrote: . I had a chance to test several MBs with the same 6000+, 5000+ and 4600+ cpu At the end seems that the problem is mb/hardware related since some combinations hung even with latest BIOS

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-09 Thread Stefan Eßer
Kris Kennaway schrieb: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:54:08AM -0500, Scot Hetzel wrote: On 8/6/07, JoaoBR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only to remember the problem only ocurres when loading powerd and seems the freeze happens when cpu freq is upshifting not down. Try setting:

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-06 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 07:10:21 Michael Nottebrock wrote: but I have better news and seems my first idea was right, the MB is it I found a tech info on the manufactor's support site telling cpu support up to 4600+ and found a bios for newer cpus including my 5000+ so I upgraded the

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-06 Thread Scot Hetzel
On 8/6/07, JoaoBR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only to remember the problem only ocurres when loading powerd and seems the freeze happens when cpu freq is upshifting not down. Try setting: hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf, as acpi_throttle may be the cause of the freeze. Scot

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:54:08AM -0500, Scot Hetzel wrote: On 8/6/07, JoaoBR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only to remember the problem only ocurres when loading powerd and seems the freeze happens when cpu freq is upshifting not down. Try setting: hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1 in

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-06 Thread Oliver Brandmueller
hi, On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:49:20PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf, as acpi_throttle may be the cause of the freeze. FYI this worked for me. for me, too. Dual Opteron on Tyan board. - Oliver -- | Oliver Brandmueller | Offenbacher

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-08-06 Thread JoaoBR
On Monday 06 August 2007 12:54:08 Scot Hetzel wrote: On 8/6/07, JoaoBR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only to remember the problem only ocurres when loading powerd and seems the freeze happens when cpu freq is upshifting not down. Try setting: hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1 in

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Nottebrock
JoaoBR schrieb: On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: JoaoBR wrote: Hi when I enable powerd with default flags (and any other also) the computer freezes some seconds after powerd is started. It does not reach login. Nothing in the logs. This is with amd 5000 X2 Am2

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 04:21:39 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: JoaoBR wrote: Hi when I enable powerd with default flags (and any other also) the computer freezes some seconds after powerd is started. It does not reach

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Nottebrock
JoaoBR schrieb: On Saturday 28 July 2007 04:21:39 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: JoaoBR wrote: Hi when I enable powerd with default flags (and any other also) the computer freezes some seconds after

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 07:10:21 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Saturday 28 July 2007 04:21:39 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: JoaoBR wrote: Hi when I enable powerd with default flags (and any other also) the

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Oliver Brandmueller
Hi, On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 08:33:55AM -0300, JoaoBR wrote: my ok msg was too fast, after some time my video starts flickering and stays so and the PC is freezed up, disabling powerd and works stable until it freeze cpu frequency shifting is done well manually I can set all cpu speeds

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 08:40:33 Oliver Brandmueller wrote: Hi, On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 08:33:55AM -0300, JoaoBR wrote: my ok msg was too fast, after some time my video starts flickering and stays so and the PC is freezed up, disabling powerd and works stable until it freeze cpu

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Nottebrock
JoaoBR schrieb: On Saturday 28 July 2007 07:10:21 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Saturday 28 July 2007 04:21:39 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: JoaoBR wrote: Hi

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:46:15PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: Meanwhile I found a workaround for my system: I had SCHED_ULE configured in my kernel - switching to SCHED_4BSD gets rid of the freezes. Should have thought of that sooner, ISTR having problems with powerd and SCHED_ULE even

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Nottebrock
Kris Kennaway schrieb: On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:46:15PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: Meanwhile I found a workaround for my system: I had SCHED_ULE configured in my kernel - switching to SCHED_4BSD gets rid of the freezes. Should have thought of that sooner, ISTR having problems with

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Doug Barton
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Michael Nottebrock wrote: ... and with SCHED_ULE being obsoleted by SCHED_SMP in 7+, it might actually become the scheduler nobody was ever supposed to be using? It might still be worthwhile doing some experimenting with powerd and the different schedulers in -CURRENT, just

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:00:15PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: Kris Kennaway schrieb: On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:46:15PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: Meanwhile I found a workaround for my system: I had SCHED_ULE configured in my kernel - switching to SCHED_4BSD gets rid of

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 14:47:17 Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:46:15PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: Meanwhile I found a workaround for my system: I had SCHED_ULE configured in my kernel - switching to SCHED_4BSD gets rid of the freezes. Should have thought of that

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 10:46:15 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Saturday 28 July 2007 07:10:21 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Saturday 28 July 2007 04:21:39 Michael Nottebrock wrote: JoaoBR schrieb: On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: JoaoBR

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2007-Jul-28 19:03:54 -0300, JoaoBR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so using ULE in 7 is ok ? ? ? Yes. ULE in 6.x is absolutely ok and it runs depending on situation faster than 4BSD with correct kernel and sysctl settings for it and it is perfectly stable, This is simply wrong. ULE in 6.x is

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 10:46:15 Michael Nottebrock wrote: Good to hear. Unfortunately my Mobo's BIOS is already up-to-date, the CPU is officially supported and Cool'n'Quiet works dandy in Windows XP ... =/ my ok msg was too fast, after some time my video starts flickering and stays

Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus

2007-07-28 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 28 July 2007 20:21:02 Peter Jeremy wrote: On 2007-Jul-28 19:03:54 -0300, JoaoBR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so using ULE in 7 is ok ? ? ? Yes. I thought it is SCHED_SMP on 7 ... isn't it? if not forget my joke, I remember a msg from Roberson saying the _SMP will substitute _ULE on