Re: Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-06-01 Thread Tim R
On 2013-06-01, Sverre Froyen wrote: > > On 2013-06-01, at 13:52, Tim R wrote: > >> Just doubled checked and I am positive I'm booting with the correct >> kernel. Not sure what to look for now. Is there some bios options I >> could look at? > > I had an HP Omnibook may years ago that would over

Re: Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-06-01 Thread Sverre Froyen
On 2013-06-01, at 13:52, Tim R wrote: > On 2013-05-31, Dave B wrote: >> Hmm. Absence of "est" under machdep sure sounds like it means >> the kernel didn't recognize Enhanced Speed Step on the chip... >> >> Can you change something in your kernel config of which you'd >> then see evidence on

Re: Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-06-01 Thread Tim R
On 2013-05-31, Dave B wrote: > Hmm. Absence of "est" under machdep sure sounds like it means > the kernel didn't recognize Enhanced Speed Step on the chip... > > Can you change something in your kernel config of which you'd > then see evidence on a subsequent reboot--to be absolutely positive

Re: Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-05-30 Thread Dave B
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:27:17AM +, Tim R wrote: > > I get the message "second level name 'est' is invalid. > What I have related in sysctl are > > machdep.tsc_freq = 2161452540 > hw.acpi.cpu.dynamic = 1 > hw.acpi.cpu.passive = 1 Hmm. Absence of "est" under machdep sure sounds like it

Re: Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-05-30 Thread Tim R
On 2013-05-30, Dave B wrote: > > Does lowering the clock speed manually via sysctl succeed? E.g., > > host# freqs=$(sysctl -n machdep.est.frequency.available) > host# minfreq=$(echo $freqs | rs 0 1 | sort -n | head -1) > host# sysctl -w machdep.est.frequency.target=$minfreq > > -Dav

Re: Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-05-30 Thread Dave B
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 05:50:55PM +, Tim R wrote: > I installed NetBSD on a HPNX9420 laptop with a dual core > CentrinoT2600/2.16GHzCPU > With the Generic kernel both cores revs up to maximum frequency and stays > there. > This result in high temperatures within a few minutes and the fan i

Unable to dynamically set CPU frequency

2013-05-30 Thread Tim R
I installed NetBSD on a HPNX9420 laptop with a dual core CentrinoT2600/2.16GHzCPU With the Generic kernel both cores revs up to maximum frequency and stays there. This result in high temperatures within a few minutes and the fan is constantly on max speed and noise. I installed estd-0.7 from