From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 07:03:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4299316A4CE for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:03:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FEF543D45 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:03:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from pd4mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.101]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I2K00GNNWSD9Z@l-daemon> for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:00:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd4mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I2K008F7WSEXB00@pd4mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:00:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: from piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.233.42]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I2K00D8WWSDG6@l-daemon> for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:00:13 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:58:21 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <4120F823.2040802@portaone.com> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca (Unverified) To: Maxim Sobolev Message-id: <6.1.0.6.1.20040816235520.03faa468@popserver.sfu.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <6.1.0.6.1.20040816074348.03f99338@popserver.sfu.ca> <4120F823.2040802@portaone.com> cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enhanced SpeedStep driver available X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:03:24 -0000 At 11:08 16/08/2004, Maxim Sobolev wrote: >Colin Percival wrote: >> Thanks to everyone who has been sending me data about their >>processors (and in particular, the 90nm versions), I now have >>a first draft of a Enhanced SpeedStep driver available. [...] > >It would be nice if you can extend it to use whatever speed control method is available (e.g. ACPI, TCC, ESS etc), so that it can be used on older machines as well. njl is working on a general cpufreq framework, and I'm sure he'll commit it as soon as it's ready; given that my knowledge of ACPI is absolutely nil, I think it's best if I leave that to him. :-) My Enhanced SpeedStep code is simply a temporary solution for a relatively simple case until cpufreq is ready. Colin Percival