Re: Temporary freezes in AMD Sempron 2800+

["Michał Pytasz" <mpytasz@pai.net.pl>]

Hi,

On Monday 06 of June 2005 18:30, Ramkumar R wrote:
> I set the governor to userspace and tried echoing one of the speeds in
> scaling_available_frequencies to scaling_setspeed...it still hung for
> a second or two...just to ensure that, i did run `powernowd
> -vvvd`...everytime the speed changed to one of the valid frequencies,
> it hung...and one more observation, i've heard that amd supports quite
> a few frequencies...but scaling_available_frequencies just shows up
> 1600000 and 800000.
>
> and yes, i don't ACPI_CONTAINER in my kernel...
>
> Ramkumar.
>
> On 6/6/05, Micha³ Pytasz <mpytasz@pai.net.pl> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Dnia poniedzia³ek, 6 czerwca 2005 16:49, Ramkumar R napisa³:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I have a laptop with an AMD Sempron 2800+ (Acer Aspire 3002NLC). The
> > > machine seems to get unresponsive every time the frequency changes
> > > (the music stops for a second, say)...I tested this by using the
> > > ondemand kernel governor. I use linux-2.6.12-rc4-ck1 with the inotify
> > > patch. (With two more modules, fuse and cdfs, but I guess that
> > > wouldn't matter much). Watching the current frequency file in /sys
> > > shows that this sudden freeze occurs whenever the value changes.
> > >
> > > Thanx,
> > > Ramkumar.
> >
> > 1. Did You try powernowd with userspace govenor?
> > I have similar laptop - Acer Aspire 1362 and had problems mentioned
> > below, it worked better that way.
> >
> > 2. Dou You have ACPI004,PNP0A05 and PNP0A06 Container Driver enabled ?
> > (if so disable it and retest) i had issues with this part, it's
> > "experimental" in power management->ACPI section of kernel config. (poth
> > with mobile sempron 2800 as well as desktop Athlon64
> >
> > Michal

Ok, 

Did You try if it works stable with Windows (scaling frequency) ? 
Maybe You have memory-related problems ?

Michal