From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:14:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:14:15 -0400 Received: from [145.254.145.253] ([145.254.145.253]:20975 "HELO schottelius.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:14:03 -0400 Message-ID: <3B82C0C5.4924A507@pcsystems.de> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 22:12:54 +0200 From: Nico Schottelius X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luigi Genoni CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: cpu not detected(x86) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Luigi Genoni wrote: > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I am trying to run 2.4.7 and have heavily problems with my cpu. > > The kernel retected another speed at every start! I attached > > three times CPUINFO. The cpu in reality is a p3 650 mhz speedstep. > > (may switch down to 500 mhz, but 126 _not_). > > > > Who changed something in the 2.4.7 source ? > > I am more or less unable to run X with netscape to write this email > > with 126 Mhz! > Sometimes i use an old Pentium 133 classic (no mmx), and it works, well to > do this with X11 and netscape. I think we are starting to be used to PC > that are too powerful. :) If you go to fast how can you see where you are > going? ;) > OK, it was a joke... > > I would like to know, if your CPU is on a laptop, are you sure that your > power management works well? No, seems like ACPI killed the cpu speed. I can't undernstand why ACPI is not marked EXPERIMENTAL, if those things are normal! > Is it working ok with 2.4.6? and 2.4.8-pre3? Sorry, only tested 2.4.7. Maybe I can test 2.4.8 in the next days. Nico