From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [ACPI] X86_PM_TIMER: /proc/cpuinfo doesn't get updated Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:19:54 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200403161819.55351.dtor_core@ameritech.net> References: <20040316182257.GA2734@dreamland.darkstar.lan> <20040316194805.GC20014@picchio.gall.it> <20040316214239.GA28289@hell.org.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040316214239.GA28289@hell.org.pl> Content-Disposition: inline To: acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Karol Kozimor , johnstul@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 16 March 2004 04:42 pm, Karol Kozimor wrote: > Thus wrote Daniele Venzano: > > > I have a notebook with an Athlon-M CPU. I tried linux 2.6.4 with > > > CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y and I noticed that /proc/cpuinfo doesn't get > > > updated when I switch frequency (via sysfs, using powernow-k7). The is > > > issue seems cosmetic only, CPU frequency changes (watching > > > temperature/battery life). > > I can confirm, I'm seeing the same behavior. Please note that the > > bogomips count gets updated, it's only the frequency that doesn't > > change. > > Same here with a P4-M, follow-up to John and Dmitry. > Best regards, > PM timer does not install CPUFREQ handler which would scale cpu_khz to give proper display. I might cook up something later tonight. -- Dmitry