Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:06:32 +0100 From: Jan-Olof Lindqvist <jo.lindqvist@gmail.com> To: Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fujitsu P8010: est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized Message-ID: <47C849A8.10809@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <863014ECF11048B78C23D1D31DCAFF40@alderaan> References: <200802281645.00286.mistry.7@osu.edu> <47C73E8E.40706@gmail.com> <A48BAC083342485094C683FBE08908AE@alderaan> <200802291045.39977.mistry.7@osu.edu> <863014ECF11048B78C23D1D31DCAFF40@alderaan>
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Yousif Hassan wrote: > On Friday 29 February 2008, Anish Mistry wrote: >> On Friday 29 February 2008, Yousif Hassan wrote: >> > Anish Mistry wrote: >> >> I got a new Fujitsu P8010 and est doesn't seem to attach to my >> >> dual core processor since it doesn't recognize the CPU. My >> >> dmesg is linked at the end of the email. Is there anything I >> >> can do to add it? > > <snip> > >>> Anish, are you running amd64? This seems to be a recurring theme >>> with amd64, based on some research I did and based on my anecdotal >>> evidence. >> Yes, I'm running amd64. > > If you're willing, try an i386 kernel and see if the est driver > attaches. If using i386 isn't a non-starter for you, that's a workaround. > > That said, I still hope someone who knows this stuff can comment on this > definitively. It seems odd that i386 attaches est fine, but amd64 doesn't. > > --Yousif > Even if it does attach the est-driver, I don't think it receives the correct voltage to the processor. For example on my laptop I have been running FreeBSD i386 and now amd64 with the Core 2 duo T7700, the fan runs constantly and it feels hot where the processor is located. This is not the case when running for ex Linux. Maybe we should PR this? -- Jan-Olof Lindqvist http://www.jail.se
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