* Re: ACPI regression in 2.6.29 - cpufreq_performance doesn't work [not found] ` <cc0fa41f0902101815s149b3b06mb3fbb72363b49765@mail.gmail.com> @ 2009-02-11 5:10 ` Mattia Dongili 2009-02-11 5:58 ` Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Mattia Dongili @ 2009-02-11 5:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder Cc: linux-kernel, venkatesh.pallipadi, CPUFreq Mailing List, ACPI Devel Mailing List On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:15:35AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 04:15:00AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: > >> yeah mattia, you were right about ondemand module was being used on > >> cpu1, so i couldn't remove it. > >> with this commited patch, both cpu's can now have different speeds. > > > > afair this has always been the case. the only difference the patch > > introduces is telling the BIOS where the coordination is actually done. > >> i was just comparing cat /proc/cpuinfo and didn't notice that cpu0 was > >> at 2268MHz. > >> cpufrequtils will need an update do deal with this change. > > > > why? what's wrong with cpufrequtils? > > The thing i said about changing cpufrequtils it's because cpufreq-set > just set cpu0 governor. > With 2.6.29, it'll need to change cpu1 too from what i have understood right? > > 2.6.28: > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > ondemand > ondemand > # cpufreq-set -g performance > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > performance > performance > > 2.6.29: > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > performance > performance > # cpufreq-set -g ondemand > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > ondemand > performance Ha! can you check the value for /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/related_cpus ? or even include the full output of cpufreq-info with both kernels. cpufreq-set behaviour has always been to only change on cpu at a time (defaults to cpu0, check the manpage or the notes with --help), what might have changed is the cpus that are required to change at the same time, i.e. the coordination actually switched from sw to hw for you (with d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8). I'm adding linux-acpi and cpufreq ML for more. Also, leaving the full context below for them. > >> btw, this looks strange: > >> > >> dub:~# echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > >> performance > >> ondemand > >> > >> dub:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MH > >> cpu MHz : 2268.000 > >> cpu MHz : 800.000 > >> > >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq > >> 2267000 > >> 2267000 > > > > well the former displays what the kernel thinks the frequency is, the > > latter reads from hw registers and displays the real frequency. > > It's consistent. The kernel doesn't (and can't) know about what the hw > > is doing behind its back and present the user consistent information. > > Still, i have a doubt with the frequencie of cpu1: > > # uname -a > Linux dub 2.6.28.4 #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 16:35:16 BRST 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > ondemand > ondemand > > # echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > performance > performance > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MH > cpu MHz : 2268.000 > cpu MHz : 2268.000 > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq > 2267000 > 2267000 > > # echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > ondemand > ondemand > > # uname -a > Linux dub 2.6.29-rc4 #28 SMP Tue Feb 10 02:22:06 BRST 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > ondemand > ondemand > > # echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor > performance > ondemand > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MH > cpu MHz : 2268.000 > cpu MHz : 800.000 > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq > 2267000 > 2268000 > > So, cpu1 is working at 2268MHz or 800? It's using the ondemand > governor or performance governor? > > > > >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq > >> 800000 > >> 800000 > >> > >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies > >> 2268000 2267000 1600000 800000 > >> 2268000 2267000 1600000 800000 > >> > >> doesn't cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq needs to be 2268000 and > >> scaling_frequencies > >> just have 2268000 because it's set to "performance"? > >> > >> am i forgetting anything else to set? > > > > no, if I understand your question correctly you're just misinterpreting > > what those files are for, take a look at Documentation/cpu-freq > > > >> thanks, > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: > >> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:53:13AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> If i set performance for scaling_governor using 2.6.29-rc4-git2, > >> >> ondemand stills control my CPU. > >> >> I get just 800MHz instead of 2268MHz. > >> >> > >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat cpuinfo_cur_freq > >> >> 800000 > >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# echo performance > scaling_governor > >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat scaling_governor > >> >> performance > >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat cpuinfo_cur_freq > >> >> 2267000 > >> >> > >> >> But, /proc/cpuinfo still shows 800MHz: > >> >> > >> >> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz > >> >> stepping : 6 > >> >> cpu MHz : 800.000 > >> >> > >> >> And i cannot remove the ondemand module, that is not used anymore: > >> >> > >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# rmmod cpufreq_ondemand > >> >> ERROR: Module cpufreq_ondemand is in use > >> > > >> > yes, I guess it is used by cpu1, you should repeat the above commands > >> > for /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq too. > >> > > >> > ... > >> >> I've git bisect from 2.6.28.4 (which was working) to 2.6.29-rc4-git2 > >> >> and i get into this: > >> >> > >> >> alemao@dub:~/linux-2.6$ git bisect good > >> >> d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8 is first bad commit > >> >> commit d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8 > >> >> Author: Pallipadi, Venkatesh <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> > >> >> Date: Mon Feb 2 11:57:18 2009 -0800 > >> >> > >> >> ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coord > >> >> > >> >> Bit 11 in intel PDC definitions is meant for OS capability to handle > >> >> hardware coordination of P-states. In Linux we have always supported > >> >> hwardware coordination of P-states. Just let the BIOSes know that we > >> >> support it, by setting this bit. > >> >> > >> >> Some BIOSes use this bit to choose between hardware or software coordination > >> >> and without this change below, BIOSes switch to software coordination, which > >> >> is not very optimal in terms of power consumption and extra > >> >> wakeups from idle. > >> >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> > >> > > >> > the "coordination of P-states" is required when you have an SMP system > >> > that cannot scale cpu voltage independently on each cpu, so the best > >> > voltage/frequency have to be selected mediating between all the applied > >> > policies. > >> > The commit you found above just makes use hw coordination instead of sw > >> > and the message explains why. > >> > > >> > If you make sure you change *all* of the cpu policies you won't see the > >> > behaviour you describe. > >> > > >> > hth > >> > -- > >> > mattia > >> > :wq > >> > > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >> > > -- > > mattia > > :wq! > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- mattia :wq! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: ACPI regression in 2.6.29 - cpufreq_performance doesn't work 2009-02-11 5:10 ` ACPI regression in 2.6.29 - cpufreq_performance doesn't work Mattia Dongili @ 2009-02-11 5:58 ` Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder 2009-02-11 6:42 ` Mattia Dongili 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder @ 2009-02-11 5:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mattia Dongili Cc: linux-kernel, venkatesh.pallipadi, CPUFreq Mailing List, ACPI Devel Mailing List On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:15:35AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: >> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >> > A: Top-posting. >> > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 04:15:00AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: >> >> yeah mattia, you were right about ondemand module was being used on >> >> cpu1, so i couldn't remove it. >> >> with this commited patch, both cpu's can now have different speeds. >> > >> > afair this has always been the case. the only difference the patch >> > introduces is telling the BIOS where the coordination is actually done. >> >> i was just comparing cat /proc/cpuinfo and didn't notice that cpu0 was >> >> at 2268MHz. >> >> cpufrequtils will need an update do deal with this change. >> > >> > why? what's wrong with cpufrequtils? >> >> The thing i said about changing cpufrequtils it's because cpufreq-set >> just set cpu0 governor. >> With 2.6.29, it'll need to change cpu1 too from what i have understood right? >> >> 2.6.28: >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> ondemand >> ondemand >> # cpufreq-set -g performance >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> performance >> performance >> >> 2.6.29: >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> performance >> performance >> # cpufreq-set -g ondemand >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> ondemand >> performance > > Ha! can you check the value for > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/related_cpus > ? > or even include the full output of cpufreq-info with both kernels. Here it's: 2.6.28.4 # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand ondemand # cpufreq-set -g performance # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor performance performance # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/related_cpus 0 1 0 1 # cpufreq-info cpufrequtils 004: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006 Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1 hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.27 GHz available frequency steps: 2.27 GHz, 2.27 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: powersave, performance, ondemand, userspace current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.27 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.27 GHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 2.27 GHz:45.66%, 2.27 GHz:0.11%, 1.60 GHz:0.21%, 800 MHz:54.01% (69) analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1 hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.27 GHz available frequency steps: 2.27 GHz, 2.27 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: powersave, performance, ondemand, userspace current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.27 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.27 GHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 2.27 GHz:45.66%, 2.27 GHz:0.11%, 1.60 GHz:0.21%, 800 MHz:54.01% (69) 2.6.29-rc4 # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand ondemand # cpufreq-set -g performance # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor performance ondemand dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/related_cpus 0 1 0 1 # cpufreq-info cpufrequtils 004: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006 Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.27 GHz available frequency steps: 2.27 GHz, 2.27 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: powersave, performance, ondemand, userspace current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 800 MHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 2.27 GHz:8.67%, 2.27 GHz:0.01%, 1.60 GHz:0.01%, 800 MHz:91.31% (321) analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1 hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.27 GHz available frequency steps: 2.27 GHz, 2.27 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: powersave, performance, ondemand, userspace current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.27 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 2.27 GHz:2.69%, 2.27 GHz:0.28%, 1.60 GHz:0.80%, 800 MHz:96.23% (21447) > > cpufreq-set behaviour has always been to only change on cpu at a time > (defaults to cpu0, check the manpage or the notes with --help), what > might have changed is the cpus that are required to change at the same > time, i.e. the coordination actually switched from sw to hw for you > (with d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8). > > I'm adding linux-acpi and cpufreq ML for more. Also, leaving the full > context below for them. > >> >> btw, this looks strange: >> >> >> >> dub:~# echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> >> performance >> >> ondemand >> >> >> >> dub:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MH >> >> cpu MHz : 2268.000 >> >> cpu MHz : 800.000 >> >> >> >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq >> >> 2267000 >> >> 2267000 >> > >> > well the former displays what the kernel thinks the frequency is, the >> > latter reads from hw registers and displays the real frequency. >> > It's consistent. The kernel doesn't (and can't) know about what the hw >> > is doing behind its back and present the user consistent information. >> >> Still, i have a doubt with the frequencie of cpu1: >> >> # uname -a >> Linux dub 2.6.28.4 #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 16:35:16 BRST 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> ondemand >> ondemand >> >> # echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> performance >> performance >> >> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MH >> cpu MHz : 2268.000 >> cpu MHz : 2268.000 >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq >> 2267000 >> 2267000 >> >> # echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> ondemand >> ondemand >> >> # uname -a >> Linux dub 2.6.29-rc4 #28 SMP Tue Feb 10 02:22:06 BRST 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> ondemand >> ondemand >> >> # echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> performance >> ondemand >> >> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MH >> cpu MHz : 2268.000 >> cpu MHz : 800.000 >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq >> 2267000 >> 2268000 >> >> So, cpu1 is working at 2268MHz or 800? It's using the ondemand >> governor or performance governor? >> >> > >> >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq >> >> 800000 >> >> 800000 >> >> >> >> dub:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies >> >> 2268000 2267000 1600000 800000 >> >> 2268000 2267000 1600000 800000 >> >> >> >> doesn't cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq needs to be 2268000 and >> >> scaling_frequencies >> >> just have 2268000 because it's set to "performance"? >> >> >> >> am i forgetting anything else to set? >> > >> > no, if I understand your question correctly you're just misinterpreting >> > what those files are for, take a look at Documentation/cpu-freq >> > >> >> thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:53:13AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> If i set performance for scaling_governor using 2.6.29-rc4-git2, >> >> >> ondemand stills control my CPU. >> >> >> I get just 800MHz instead of 2268MHz. >> >> >> >> >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat cpuinfo_cur_freq >> >> >> 800000 >> >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# echo performance > scaling_governor >> >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat scaling_governor >> >> >> performance >> >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat cpuinfo_cur_freq >> >> >> 2267000 >> >> >> >> >> >> But, /proc/cpuinfo still shows 800MHz: >> >> >> >> >> >> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz >> >> >> stepping : 6 >> >> >> cpu MHz : 800.000 >> >> >> >> >> >> And i cannot remove the ondemand module, that is not used anymore: >> >> >> >> >> >> dub:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# rmmod cpufreq_ondemand >> >> >> ERROR: Module cpufreq_ondemand is in use >> >> > >> >> > yes, I guess it is used by cpu1, you should repeat the above commands >> >> > for /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq too. >> >> > >> >> > ... >> >> >> I've git bisect from 2.6.28.4 (which was working) to 2.6.29-rc4-git2 >> >> >> and i get into this: >> >> >> >> >> >> alemao@dub:~/linux-2.6$ git bisect good >> >> >> d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8 is first bad commit >> >> >> commit d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8 >> >> >> Author: Pallipadi, Venkatesh <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> >> >> >> Date: Mon Feb 2 11:57:18 2009 -0800 >> >> >> >> >> >> ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coord >> >> >> >> >> >> Bit 11 in intel PDC definitions is meant for OS capability to handle >> >> >> hardware coordination of P-states. In Linux we have always supported >> >> >> hwardware coordination of P-states. Just let the BIOSes know that we >> >> >> support it, by setting this bit. >> >> >> >> >> >> Some BIOSes use this bit to choose between hardware or software coordination >> >> >> and without this change below, BIOSes switch to software coordination, which >> >> >> is not very optimal in terms of power consumption and extra >> >> >> wakeups from idle. >> >> >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> >> >> > >> >> > the "coordination of P-states" is required when you have an SMP system >> >> > that cannot scale cpu voltage independently on each cpu, so the best >> >> > voltage/frequency have to be selected mediating between all the applied >> >> > policies. >> >> > The commit you found above just makes use hw coordination instead of sw >> >> > and the message explains why. >> >> > >> >> > If you make sure you change *all* of the cpu policies you won't see the >> >> > behaviour you describe. >> >> > >> >> > hth >> >> > -- >> >> > mattia >> >> > :wq >> >> > >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> >> > -- >> > mattia >> > :wq! >> > >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> > -- > mattia > :wq! > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: ACPI regression in 2.6.29 - cpufreq_performance doesn't work 2009-02-11 5:58 ` Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder @ 2009-02-11 6:42 ` Mattia Dongili 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Mattia Dongili @ 2009-02-11 6:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder Cc: linux-kernel, venkatesh.pallipadi, CPUFreq Mailing List, ACPI Devel Mailing List On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 03:58:07AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:15:35AM -0200, Guilherme Malschitzky Schroeder wrote: ... > > Ha! can you check the value for > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/related_cpus > > ? errr... sorry, I meant to say /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1}/cpufreq/affected_cpus > > or even include the full output of cpufreq-info with both kernels. anyway from this you can see that there is actually a change (cpufreq-info reads from affected_cpus and in 2.6.28 sys/.../cpu1/cpufreq should be a link to ../cpu0/cpufreq): > Here it's: > > 2.6.28.4 ... > # cpufreq-info > cpufrequtils 004: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006 > Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk, please. > analyzing CPU 0: > driver: acpi-cpufreq > CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1 ... > 2.6.29-rc4 ... > # cpufreq-info > cpufrequtils 004: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006 > Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk, please. > analyzing CPU 0: > driver: acpi-cpufreq > CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 ... > analyzing CPU 1: > driver: acpi-cpufreq > CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1 So I guess you have one of those bioses that prefer sw coordination if not told to use hw's as explained in the commit message. And cpufreq-set behaves as it always did ;) ... > >> >> >> commit d96f94c604453f87fe24154b87e1e9a3a72511f8 > >> >> >> Author: Pallipadi, Venkatesh <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> > >> >> >> Date: Mon Feb 2 11:57:18 2009 -0800 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coord > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Bit 11 in intel PDC definitions is meant for OS capability to handle > >> >> >> hardware coordination of P-states. In Linux we have always supported > >> >> >> hwardware coordination of P-states. Just let the BIOSes know that we > >> >> >> support it, by setting this bit. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Some BIOSes use this bit to choose between hardware or software coordination > >> >> >> and without this change below, BIOSes switch to software coordination, which > >> >> >> is not very optimal in terms of power consumption and extra > >> >> >> wakeups from idle. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> > >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> -- mattia :wq! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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