bugs?

bugs?

[Caroline GAUDREAU]

my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593

caro@olymphe:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 9
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 598.593
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
bogomips        : 1186.66

Re: bugs?

[Andrew Haninger]

On 12/13/05, Caroline GAUDREAU <caroline.gaudreau.1@ens.etsmtl.ca> wrote:
=> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
> cpu MHz         : 598.593
You're probably using a notebook. Your CPU is running slower to save
power since you're probably not doing anything CPU-intensive.

Open a terminal and do 'cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null' and then look at
your CPU speed. You should find that it will climb to 1400 MHz.

HTH.

-Andy

Re: bugs?

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Tuesday 13 December 2005 20:47, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
> my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
>

Do you have cpufreq active?

[root@core ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 11
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU      1000MHz
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 730.646

-- 
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Re: bugs?

[Coywolf Qi Hunt]

2005/12/14, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>:
> On Tuesday 13 December 2005 20:47, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
> > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
> >
>
> Do you have cpufreq active?

Caro, do a "$ grep -i cpufreq /boot/config".

>
> [root@core ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 11
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU      1000MHz
> stepping        : 1
> cpu MHz         : 730.646
>
> --
> Dmitry
>


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Re: bugs?

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
 > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593

 > flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
 > pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
                                                 ^^^

Your CPU is speedstep capable.  Most modern distros include a daemon
for adjusting CPU speed based upon load.

		Dave

Re: bugs?

[Coywolf Qi Hunt]

2005/12/14, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
>  > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
>
>  > flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
>  > pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
>                                                  ^^^
>
> Your CPU is speedstep capable.  Most modern distros include a daemon
> for adjusting CPU speed based upon load.

what daemon? suppose in debian or redhat.
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Re: bugs?

[Dave Jones]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:03:36AM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
 > 2005/12/14, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>:
 > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
 > >  > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
 > >
 > >  > flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
 > >  > pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
 > >                                                  ^^^
 > >
 > > Your CPU is speedstep capable.  Most modern distros include a daemon
 > > for adjusting CPU speed based upon load.
 > 
 > what daemon? suppose in debian or redhat.

'cpuspeed' in Fedora/RHEL.  Debian probably offers a dozen different
ones most of which I've never heard of :)

		Dave

Re: bugs?

[Willy Tarreau]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
> my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
> 
> caro@olymphe:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 9
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
> stepping        : 5
> cpu MHz         : 598.593
> cache size      : 1024 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 2
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
> pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
> bogomips        : 1186.66

It's probably a notebook that you started unplugged from the mains power.
Mine is stupid enough to believe that I *want* to save power if I plug
the mains *after* powering it up ! And there's no way to force it to
switch from 600 to nominal freq afterwards ! So I have to connect it to
the mains first.

Regards,
Willy

Re: bugs?

[Coywolf Qi Hunt]

2005/12/14, Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
> > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
> >
> > caro@olymphe:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > processor       : 0
> > vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> > cpu family      : 6
> > model           : 9
> > model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
> > stepping        : 5
> > cpu MHz         : 598.593
> > cache size      : 1024 KB
> > fdiv_bug        : no
> > hlt_bug         : no
> > f00f_bug        : no
> > coma_bug        : no
> > fpu             : yes
> > fpu_exception   : yes
> > cpuid level     : 2
> > wp              : yes
> > flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> > pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
> > bogomips        : 1186.66
>
> It's probably a notebook that you started unplugged from the mains power.
> Mine is stupid enough to believe that I *want* to save power if I plug
> the mains *after* powering it up ! And there's no way to force it to
> switch from 600 to nominal freq afterwards ! So I have to connect it to

Isn't there a daemon to do that?

> the mains first.

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Re: bugs?

[Sander]

Willy Tarreau wrote (ao):
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
> > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
> > 
> > caro@olymphe:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > processor       : 0
> > vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> > cpu family      : 6
> > model           : 9
> > model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
> > stepping        : 5
> > cpu MHz         : 598.593
> > cache size      : 1024 KB
> 
> It's probably a notebook that you started unplugged from the mains
> power. Mine is stupid enough to believe that I *want* to save power if
> I plug the mains *after* powering it up ! And there's no way to force
> it to switch from 600 to nominal freq afterwards ! So I have to
> connect it to the mains first.

If you say this based on 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' output: isn't it true that
/proc/cpuinfo is static, and doesn't necessarily reflect the actual
speed of the processor?

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Re: bugs?

[Arjan van de Ven]

> If you say this based on 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' output: isn't it true that
> /proc/cpuinfo is static, and doesn't necessarily reflect the actual
> speed of the processor?

no that's not true.

Re: bugs?

[Dirk Henning Gerdes]

Hallo!

You could try:
  
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor 

It's possible that you have chosen "power_save".
You can see possible settings in 

sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

Try "performance"!
Then you should get your 1,4 GHz.
But be aware, that this is not powersaving!
Maybe you can play around with it.
A good possibility is to install an userspace application for governing
the cpu-speed lik cpufreqd



Dirk


Am Mittwoch, den 14.12.2005, 11:57 +0100 schrieb Sander:
> Willy Tarreau wrote (ao):
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:47:58PM -0500, Caroline GAUDREAU wrote:
> > > my cpu is 1400MHz, but why there's cpu MHz         : 598.593
> > > 
> > > caro@olymphe:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > > processor       : 0
> > > vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> > > cpu family      : 6
> > > model           : 9
> > > model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
> > > stepping        : 5
> > > cpu MHz         : 598.593
> > > cache size      : 1024 KB
> > 
> > It's probably a notebook that you started unplugged from the mains
> > power. Mine is stupid enough to believe that I *want* to save power if
> > I plug the mains *after* powering it up ! And there's no way to force
> > it to switch from 600 to nominal freq afterwards ! So I have to
> > connect it to the mains first.
> 
> If you say this based on 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' output: isn't it true that
> /proc/cpuinfo is static, and doesn't necessarily reflect the actual
> speed of the processor?
> 
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