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dtmbmw325i 12-11-2008 06:13 PM

Frequency scaling showing wrong frequencies Intrepid C2D
 
I am having trouble with frequency scaling in ubuntu 8.10. It is only showing 2 available frequencies as 600mhz and 700mhz. I searched the web and found nothing that seems to help my case. So I write to my fellow linuxquestion friends and hope they have an answer. I will provide a few things but let me know what else you need.

$lsmod | grep cpu
Code:

acpi_cpufreq          15500  0
cpufreq_ondemand      14988  2
cpufreq_powersave      9856  0
cpufreq_conservative    14600  0
cpufreq_stats          13188  0
freq_table            12672  3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_userspace      11396  0
processor              42156  2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal

$sudo cpufreq-info
Code:

cpufrequtils 002: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006
Report errors and bugs to linux@brodo.de, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0
  hardware limits: 600 MHz - 700 MHz
  available frequency steps: 700 MHz, 600 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, powersave, conservative, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 600 MHz and 700 MHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 600 MHz (asserted by call to hardware).
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1
  hardware limits: 600 MHz - 700 MHz
  available frequency steps: 700 MHz, 600 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, powersave, conservative, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 600 MHz and 700 MHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 600 MHz (asserted by call to hardware).

a section of dmesg that I thought might be of need
Code:

[  19.011883] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[  19.732834] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
[  19.905439] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[  19.906436] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[  20.142601] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[  20.142608] apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
[  20.439987] cpufreqd[5167]: segfault at 1c ip b7dc50b6 sp bfe5f7f8 error 4 in libsysfs.so.2.0.1[b7dc0000+9000]

I will provide anything else necessary. Scaling seems to work fine between the two detected frequencies. I almost forgot to add this:

$cat /proc/cpuinfo
Code:

processor        : 0
vendor_id        : GenuineIntel
cpu family        : 6
model                : 15
model name        : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6300  @ 1.86GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz                : 600.000
cache size        : 2048 KB
physical id        : 0
siblings        : 2
core id                : 0
cpu cores        : 2
apicid                : 0
initial apicid        : 0
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug                : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu                : yes
fpu_exception        : yes
cpuid level        : 10
wp                : yes
flags                : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 4199.97
clflush size        : 64
power management:

processor        : 1
vendor_id        : GenuineIntel
cpu family        : 6
model                : 15
model name        : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6300  @ 1.86GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz                : 600.000
cache size        : 2048 KB
physical id        : 0
siblings        : 2
core id                : 1
cpu cores        : 2
apicid                : 1
initial apicid        : 1
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug                : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu                : yes
fpu_exception        : yes
cpuid level        : 10
wp                : yes
flags                : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 4200.04
clflush size        : 64
power management:

Thank you so much in advance guys!!!

dtmbmw325i 12-11-2008 06:28 PM

forgot this in case it matters

uname -r
Code:

2.6.27-9-generic

dtmbmw325i 12-16-2008 04:11 PM

I thought I would share with anybody looking at this thread cpufreq-info says 1.6GHz and 1.87GHz. I am going to look into see if Intel has any info on this. I reset the BIOS to default settings. I must have had a setting that caused the kernel to see a small frequency. Anyway hope this helps other people.


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