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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: "Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>
Cc: "Gulam, Nagib" <nagib.gulam@amd.com>,
	discuss@x86-64.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Allow all Opteron processors to change pstate at same time
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:54:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200607261854.20670.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84EA05E2CA77634C82730353CBE3A84303218F04@SAUSEXMB1.amd.com>


> AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 838 stepping 01
> CPU 3: Syncing TSC to CPU 0.
> CPU 3: synchronized TSC with CPU 0 (last diff -109 cycles, maxerr 1024

Hmm, indeed  - i would have expected higher max errors too.
It should have worked in theory. No explanation currently.

> cycles)
> powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0x6
> powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x8
> powernow-k8:    2 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0xa
> powernow-k8:    3 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12
> 
> Is there a better test we can be using?

I don't know of any. Ok I guess it would be possible to write
something in user space, but it would likely look similar to
the algorithm the kernel uses.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-26 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-06 20:31 [PATCH] Allow all Opteron processors to change pstate at same time Mark Langsdorf
2006-07-07 12:10 ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-07 17:36   ` [discuss] " Langsdorf, Mark
2006-07-10 12:45     ` Joachim Deguara
2006-07-10 13:02       ` Joachim Deguara
2006-07-11 12:55   ` Joachim Deguara
2006-07-11 13:07     ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-11 13:14       ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-11 16:15         ` Alan Cox
2006-07-11 16:01           ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-11 16:04           ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-11 13:31       ` Langsdorf, Mark
2006-07-11 13:34         ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-11 13:51           ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-11 13:14     ` [OT] Evolution use (was: Re: [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Allow all Opteron processors to change pstate at same time) Xavier Bestel
2006-07-12 14:06     ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Allow all Opteron processors to change pstate at same time Joachim Deguara
2006-07-12 14:54       ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-25 21:47   ` Langsdorf, Mark
2006-07-26 11:31     ` Joachim Deguara
2006-07-26 16:42   ` Langsdorf, Mark
2006-07-26 16:54     ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-07-26 18:34       ` Langsdorf, Mark
2006-07-26 18:53         ` Andi Kleen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-12 16:11 shin, jacob
2006-07-12 16:14 ` Langsdorf, Mark
2006-07-13 13:06 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-13 14:32   ` Joachim Deguara
2006-07-16  1:56     ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-17  7:37       ` Joachim Deguara
2006-07-20 15:59         ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-13 13:37 Bhavana Nagendra

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