Can you try by configuring the kernel to have the powernow_k8 cpufreq driver as a module, and insert it later on? I have had a few issues when the drivers are compiled into the kernel. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Randy Dunlap<randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to test some cpufreq governors. > The target test system is an HP BladeCenter ProLiant BL685c G1. > > /proc/cpuinfo is at end of this email. > > I don't see a cpufreq/ directory in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/ at all. > > I have loaded 3 cpufreq driver modules: conservative, ondemand, and powersave; > and the performance cpufreq driver is built into the kernel image and is > the default. > > > Am I doing something wrong? or does this CPU not work with cpufreq? > > Thanks, > -- > ~Randy > LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon > http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/ > > > /proc/cpuinfo: > > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 65 > model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218 > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 2612.360 > cache size : 1024 KB > physical id : 0 > siblings : 2 > core id : 0 > cpu cores : 2 > apicid : 0 > initial apicid : 0 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dno > wext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy > bogomips : 5224.72 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc > > processor : 1 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 65 > model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218 > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 2612.360 > cache size : 1024 KB > physical id : 1 > siblings : 2 > core id : 0 > cpu cores : 2 > apicid : 2 > initial apicid : 2 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dno > wext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy > bogomips : 5223.81 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc > > processor : 2 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 65 > model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218 > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 2612.360 > cache size : 1024 KB > physical id : 0 > siblings : 2 > core id : 1 > cpu cores : 2 > apicid : 1 > initial apicid : 1 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dno > wext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy > bogomips : 5223.80 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc > > processor : 3 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 15 > model : 65 > model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218 > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 2612.360 > cache size : 1024 KB > physical id : 1 > siblings : 2 > core id : 1 > cpu cores : 2 > apicid : 3 > initial apicid : 3 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dno > wext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy > bogomips : 5223.80 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc > ===== > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Amithash E. Prasad ECE Department, CU http://eces.colorado.edu/~prasadae -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html