From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karol Kozimor Subject: Re: X86_PM_TIMER: /proc/cpuinfo doesn't get updated Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:00:15 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040317100015.GA19994@hell.org.pl> References: <481113193@toto.iv> <16471.43776.178128.198317@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16471.43776.178128.198317-DvsOv1a1VnSdc4FNpRcM4X2FwLjKAWh+h13vi7wywA4@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Peter Chubb Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , john stultz , Dominik Brodowski , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, lkml List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Thus wrote Peter Chubb: > >> Hmm... without the patch, neither cpu MHz nor bogomips are updated, > >> with the patch cpu MHz value seems correct (both using acpi.ko and > >> speedstep-ich.ko, but the bogomips is still at its initial value. > Dmitry> Karol, do you have a P4? AFAIK P4's TSC is stable even if core > Dmitry> frequence changes so loop_per_juffy (== bogomips) need not be > Dmitry> updated. > The TSC is variable rate for Pentium-IV if you're using clock > modulation. Yes, the machine in question does have a P4-M. Note also that the ACPI throttling interface (processor.ko, I believe) doesn't update the bogomips either. Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click