From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 17:29:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2504D16A41A for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from idmc_vivr@intgdev.com) Received: from omr9.networksolutionsemail.com (omr9.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A9813C467 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from idmc_vivr@intgdev.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr9.mgt.hosting.dc2.netsol.com [10.49.6.72]) by omr9.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l6QHT35r016063 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:29:22 -0400 Received: (qmail 26170 invoked by uid 78); 26 Jul 2007 17:29:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail24) (205.178.146.50) by ns-omr9.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 26 Jul 2007 17:29:02 -0000 Received: from 209.254.236.34 (idmc_vivr@intgdev.com [209.254.236.34]) by webmail24 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 31709; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:02 +0000 From: "V.I.Victor" To: "Manolis Kiagias" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [209.254.236.34] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:02 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI slowing CPU... or something else X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:24 -0000 On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > V.I.Victor wrote: I was wondering about the "truth-of-clockspeed." >> Perhaps the 1800-MHz only applies to CPU internal cache, etc. while >> the external bus-clocking is down at 500-MHz or so. Sounds like a >> typical marketing ploy! >> >> About disabling the ACPI... Can I do it *safely* via the remote-ssh >> connection? Or do I need to be at the box w/ keyboard and monitor? >> What I've read makes it seem that the ACPI is set at boot-time. >> > If you don't mind rebooting the remote machine, add: > > hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" > > to /boot/device.hints and reboot Although I've re-booted remotely, I've never done it after a boot modification. It's probably prudent to wait 'til the weekend to try this -- mistakes are easier to deal with! Thanks for the info.