Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:22:08 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: "V.I.Victor" <idmc_vivr@intgdev.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI slowing CPU... or something else Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0707261222080.27112@hymn03.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <W7051626979317091185470942@webmail24>
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, V.I.Victor wrote: > 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. All that rebooting remotely in this case will result in is ACPI being disabled :).. you should be able to disable ACPI from the BIOS as well, if you like. -Garrett
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