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Date:      Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:37:00 +0200
From:      "Ronald Klop" <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
To:        "Stefan Parvu" <sparvu@kronometrix.org>, "Greg V" <greg@unrelenting.technology>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RPI3B+ cpu frequency
Message-ID:  <op.zlofvyn8kndu52@klop.ws>
In-Reply-To: <1530697756.1544.0@hraggstad.unrelenting.technology>
References:  <087D6629-FB9A-476A-9455-BBB6D4F802C0@kronometrix.org> <1530697756.1544.0@hraggstad.unrelenting.technology>

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:49:16 +0200, Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology>  
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 7:40 AM, Stefan Parvu <sparvu@kronometrix.org>  
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  I understood the last RPI3B+ ships with a 1.4GHz 64-bit cpu. Right ?  
>> Booting FreeBSD 12.0
>> current shows that I have access only to 600MHz. A bit confused, since  
>> this was happening as
>> well on older models, if Im not wrong: do I need to turn on the Turbo  
>> mode to get access to
>> the full speed of the CPU or what ?
>>  Why FreeBSD does not boot and by default use the CPU at 1.4GHz ?
>
> Hi! You should run the 'powerd' service to make it boost to max  
> frequency under load.


Tried powerd before and it said there was no frequency driver. But today  
it works. Don't know if it was my mistake or the driver is new.

But thanks for the hint in this answer to try again. :-) Running at 1400  
now.

Regards,

Ronald.



>
> Or you can force_turbo in config.txt to make the Pi always run at full  
> speed (and waste power).
>
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