From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: GoatZilla Subject: Re: last alternative : program to consume CPU?! Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:11:08 -0400 Sender: cpufreq-bounces@www.linux.org.uk Message-ID: <39e348480409091711781f182@mail.gmail.com> References: <20040909161313.GA5182@dominikbrodowski.de> Reply-To: GoatZilla Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org@www.linux.org.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk Uhm... Treat the machine as a dual CPU resource, and load it down with 2 jobs instead of 1? On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:35:56 -0300 (BRT), Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto wrote: > > The BIOS of my machine does not support the modification of the CPU speed. > > My problem is that I have a homogeneous cluster composed of 16 machines > and I need to perform some tests of my application on a heterogeneous > cluster. So my first option was to change the cpu speed in the BIOS, but > failed. The second option was to find some support in the linux itself. > I have found the cpufreq, but failed. My last option is to implement or > find a program to consume a percentage of CPU. Do you know where I can > find a good program to perform this task? Or do you know another alternative > to solve my problem? > > Thank you very much for your attention. > > Marco > > On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 11:46:35AM -0300, Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a machine (desktop machine) HP EP-C c10 with a Pentium III > > > (Coppermine) 1GHz and I'm making some performance tests so I would like > > > to have the machine processor working at 500 MHz. I have configured the > > > cpufreq option (kernel 2.6.6) but the cpufreq directory in > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0 does not exist. > > ... > > > I don't know if I have made some mistake or my cpu does not support the > > > cpufreq. I have tried to modify the clock frequency via BIOS, but such an > > > option is not available. All I want is to modify the clock frequency. It > > > does not need be on-the-fly. > > > > A desktop Coppermine Pentium III does not support SpeedStep, so no cpufreq > > support exists. Possibly you can change the CPU speed in your system BIOS. > > > > Dominik > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cpufreq mailing list > Cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cpufreq >