linux-kernel - Re: cpuinfo shows wrong MHz value

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Message-Id: <200902150800.59694.jplatte@naasa.net>
Date:	Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:00:56 +0100
From:	Joerg Platte <jplatte@...sa.net>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	Kasper Sandberg <lkml@...anurb.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cpuinfo shows wrong MHz value

Am Sonntag, 15. Februar 2009 schrieb Frans Pop:
> On Sunday 15 February 2009, Joerg Platte wrote:
> > Sorry, I should have made it clear that my computer is running with 13
> > GHz (at leat according to the kernel). With previous kernels (IIRC
> > 2.6.26) cpuinfo showed the correct value.
>
> No problem. The value that is displayed still comes from the cpu frequency
> code, so the values I asked for earlier would still be of interest.
>
> Best to have all relevant values. Please do (as root):
> # cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/
> # grep . *

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq> grep . *
affected_cpus:0
cpuinfo_cur_freq:13000000
cpuinfo_max_freq:13000000
cpuinfo_min_freq:3250000
related_cpus:0
scaling_available_frequencies:3250000 4875000 6500000 8125000 9750000 11375000 
13000000
scaling_available_governors:conservative ondemand userspace powersave 
performance
scaling_cur_freq:13000000
scaling_driver:p4-clockmod
scaling_governor:performance
scaling_max_freq:13000000
scaling_min_freq:3250000
scaling_setspeed:<unsupported>

>
> Also, please attach your kernel config.

Attached....

Best regards,
Jörg

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