From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754822AbZBTCxG (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:53:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752423AbZBTCwy (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:52:54 -0500 Received: from hpsmtp-eml16.KPNXCHANGE.COM ([213.75.38.116]:29147 "EHLO hpsmtp-eml16.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752029AbZBTCwy (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:52:54 -0500 From: Frans Pop To: jplatte@naasa.net Subject: Re: cpuinfo shows wrong MHz value Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:52:50 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: Kasper Sandberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Garrett , Matthias-Christian Ott , cpufreq References: <200902142217.51655.jplatte@naasa.net> <200902182205.47737.elendil@planet.nl> <200902191803.55347.jplatte@naasa.net> In-Reply-To: <200902191803.55347.jplatte@naasa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200902200352.51173.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Feb 2009 02:52:52.0215 (UTC) FILETIME=[52A12870:01C99306] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 19 February 2009, Joerg Platte wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009 schrieb Frans Pop: > > commit ed9cbcd40004904dbe61ccc16d6106a7de38c998 > > Author: Zhao Yakui > > Date: Tue Nov 20 14:20:21 2007 -0500 > > Revert "speedstep-lib.c: fix frequency multiplier for Pentium4 > > models 0&1" > > > > That would exactly explain the factor 8 of the error. > > Yes, looks like thats the reason. It looks as if http://bugzilla.kernel.org/10968 has a fix for this issue, but that that patch never got included in the kernel. For start of current thread, see: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1034291?page=last