From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266511AbUJLSHQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:07:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266538AbUJLSHQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:07:16 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.207]:24136 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266511AbUJLSHK (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:07:10 -0400 Message-ID: <7a329d9104101211077e97ee33@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:07:09 +0000 From: Wil Reichert Reply-To: Wil Reichert To: "mobil@wodkahexe.de" Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc4 Wrong processor speed Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20041012200402.765b2231.mobil@wodkahexe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041012200402.765b2231.mobil@wodkahexe.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Just the current speed its running at, M's can drop the CPU to 600MHz to save power. Were the boots with the machine plugged or unplugged? I've noticed they'll start at the slower speed unplugged. Something like cpudyn makes boot speed irrelevant anyway. Wil On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:04:02 +0200, mobil@wodkahexe.de wrote: > Hi, > > there seems to be some problem with detecting/displaying processor > speed. > > 2.6.8.1: Detected 1399.199 MHz processor > 2.6.9-rc3: Detected 599.541 MHz processor > 2.6.9-rc4: Detected 599.542 MHz processor > > Machine is an Acer Travelmate 291lci laptop. (Pentium M - centrino - speedstep) > This machine is running at 600Mhz, if it does not need more power. > But it should display the real clockspeed at bootup, shouldn't it ? > > Regards, Sebastian > > >