Re: [ACPI] X86_PM_TIMER: /proc/cpuinfo doesn't get updated

Karol Kozimor
2004-03-17T10:00:21Z

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,

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Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor
sziwan@hell.org.pl