linux-kernel - Re: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows full throttle

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:36:01 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows full throttle

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:27:39AM -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote:

 > I'm confused here  when doing a cat /proc/cpuinfo
 > with an idle system, I see cpu MHz at 2167.000;
 > should be at 1000.00 (when settled down);
 >  ..
 > 
 > In any case the system is idle and quiet.
 > it just says full throttle when it should say
 > nice and quiet.

is acpi-cpufreq loaded ? and cpufreq-ondemand ?
(Also make sure the relevant sysfs knobs are set to use ondemand)

If no: Make them so!
If yes: boot with cpufreq.debug=7 and send the dmesg
 to cpufreq@...r.kernel.org

Thanks,

	Dave

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