linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: /proc/cpuinfo reports erroneous CPU frequency. (2.6.23 & 2.6.22)

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Message-Id: <E1J1Yhk-00019U-1J@faramir.fjphome.nl>
Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:49:12 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Alexander Rajula <chris@...dmail.nu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: /proc/cpuinfo reports erroneous CPU frequency. (2.6.23 &  2.6.22)

Alexander Rajula wrote:
> While overclocking an AMD Athlon X2 (2GHz) CPU /proc/cpuinfo reports the
> wrong CPU frequency. I am quite puzzled by this.
> Is this an error in the kernel, or is there something strange going on?

You may want to read some old threads on this list and check if that matches
what you are seeing:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/29/150
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/26/182

Cheers,
FJP
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