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Load (or compile in) cpufreq into your kernel (works best with 2.6.7). Then you can control the speed manully or with cpufreqd. The cpufreq support in 2.6.7 works great on my P3-M. The documentation can be found in the "Documentation\cpufreq" in the 2.6.7 kernel source. I think the information in /proc/cpuinfo is only checked at boot time, so it is possible your system is running at full speed but /proc/cpuinfo would not be updated. Again cpufreq has a utility to check the current CPU speed. Good luck.
Well let me tell you what i did and maybe you can give me a hand. Indeed that was not in the kernel so i compiled it in, and NOT as a module. After getting the machine back up and booting into the new kernel the speed still shows the same. When i try to run something "cpufreq" or "cpufreqd" - maybe this was a type from you. But anyway that will not run ?????
You first want to read the docs that come with the kernel should be something like
usr/src/linux/Documentation/cpufreq. The docs are not bad and explain how cpufreq works. cpufreqd (not a typo) is a demon that monitors CPU load and issues commands to cpufreq in your kernel to switch speeds. The commands can be issued manually, get manual commands working first before you attempt cpufreqd. I would also use a 2.6.7 kernel if you can. I am not sure if cpufreq will even work on 2.4.x. For example I have two modes in my P3 M "powersave" and "performance", I use this command for powersave
echo 'powersave' > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
All the commands can be found in the documentation. Good luck.
It appears to be fixed so does the information in cpuinfo really show the currect speed ? To fix it i did a cat into the stepping file and set it that way like the docs said. Now when i check the cpuinfo file it shows right under 2.2 ghz
Ok i was wrong this issue is not resolved yet. The cpuinfo file reverted back to showing the minimum speed again. I have been doing alot of reading and people refer to setting the scaling_governor file by echoing into it. I su as root and do this, i even cat the file to make sure the changes are there. I then reboot and the file is set back to "userspace" and not as "performance" like i put in. I am at a loss.
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