On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 12:56:50PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 06.06.2010, 13:49 +0900 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:23:50AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > Am Freitag, den 04.06.2010, 06:56 +0900 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > > > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:48:31PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 03.06.2010, 21:19 +0900 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 10:37:34PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > $ more /proc/cpuinfo > > > > > > > processor : 0 > > > > > > > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > > > > > > > cpu family : 6 > > > > > > > model : 6 > > > > > > > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ > > > > > > > stepping : 2 > > > > > > > cpu MHz : 1395.989 ... > > Looking at the links you sent it seems like the bios doesn't support > > cool'n'quiet. > > Not sure to be honest what can be done here, > > I am still confused a bit if it is the BIOS or the processor. Reading > [1] ... > my processor is not listed.
well cpufreq can work either via ACPI or via direct probing the processor capabilities. The powernow-k7 driver will only probe on cpu family=6 and model=6. > > did you ever have cpufreq working on this motherboard? > > No, I did not. > > > Did you try upgrading the bios to the latest version? > > I am on it. I will report back as soon as possible. I still have to find > the most recent BIOS version [3]. > > > Seems like a kernel side issue but if the bios doesn't support it, there > > is not really much you can do... > > Could cpufrequtils be adapted that the initscript refers to > README.Debian or the Debian Wiki if there was an error? I guess so although those two places should be the first places where one looks for information anyway (I guess google is also a good candidate ;)) -- mattia :wq!
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