From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rafa=B3_Bilski?= Subject: Re: Power mgmt / CPUFREQ on Via C7 (Esther) Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:18:33 +0100 Message-ID: <459AA1F9.3040701@interia.pl> References: <5317.195.215.10.251.1167740225.squirrel@195.41.226.86> <20070102173601.GD7656@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070102173601.GD7656@redhat.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: cpufreq-bounces@lists.linux.org.uk Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=m.gmane.org+glkc-cpufreq=m.gmane.org@lists.linux.org.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-9"; format="flowed" To: Dave Jones Cc: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk > > Hi > >=20 > > I have just bought a nice little sbc mainboard with a Via C7 cpu. It r= un > > Centos with stock kernel 2.6.19.1 that I downloaded and installed a few > > days ago. > > But cpufreq does not work. > >=20 > > Can I in some way help with testing/debugging the cpufreq driver (cent= rino > > or longhaul?) for this cpu? >=20 > The C7 works fine with acpi-cpufreq if the correct BIOS tables are presen= t. > Support *could* be added to speedstep-centrino to use hardcoded tables > for these CPUs for systems where the BIOSes lack them, but hasn't been > done yet. >=20 > Given speedstep-centrino is due to be obsoleted by acpi-cpufreq at some s= tage, > the feature of using hardcoded tables probably needs to be added to > acpi-cpufreq at some point too. >=20 > Dave >=20 Beauty of "Enhanced PowerSaver" is in that hardcoded tables are not necessa= ry.=20 Would be very easy to add ACPI independent driver for these CPU's. If someb= ody=20 would test it then I can try. What do You think? Rafa=B3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jestes kierowca? To poczytaj! >>> http://link.interia.pl/f199e