From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 23:52:42 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4ABA167 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com (mail-ie0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F013D5B for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ieclw3 with SMTP id lw3so10455877iec.2 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:52:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Ev8Z6fT3MzN6cW8hv+zcXouYqzY/t8ME9r/RklQKGkQ=; b=cU1s3rvUAXsSk68NwEI+nv5NmY/gAnOrt6/TyYvwGXczZafZWHdJjoEkjFym6P6rFl pVk0Sgg/Rq2UE4MtC/VhmgcHlm9VHRlOnSQIZnjMwTHIx1ZBtfxevBEw++pDF+HPA3dq O5n56x2FdQzOLjHoHoyHdnUv9G5hcmpYz7Er27/90dEJmjrdG40JYtwDVk3nxaW0e9eU DqRXt4tpmps8WmA/kj3Xo8zUqU/9Ir1oEknapXIIa1TWJ/rlUD2Qy5H+8I8MHWZMtB+F uBKTJMkmk5t25olehTBlO66L3Iu+dPB1JPNmXNAUS2U8ziqB2E995eZcFIk/pl9nyaY7 lpCQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.66.198 with SMTP id h6mr25745128igt.35.1427241161332; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:52:41 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.174.86 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:52:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55113B2D.2040609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <55113B2D.2040609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:52:41 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Q6RjWMBmVUHSmeNT6F3h7928F88 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HP Compaq CQ62/42 acpi From: Kevin Oberman To: Da Rock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:52:42 -0000 On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 3:23 AM, Da Rock < freebsd-acpi@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > I have 2 laptops as mentioned, 3 all amd athlon based. The 3rd is an asus > which I'm relatively happy with. > > What I have is when I pull the AC out of it, the sysctl for cpu speed goes > from 2200 to 100 or 400. Basically the system becomes rather unusable. > > I tried the acpi_hp module, and it now switches to 800. This is better, > but barely usable still. > > I'd like to see a response similar to the asus if its possible; this > effectively stays the same, but drops speed if nothing is happening. > > Ideally, I'd think that it would be better if the system adjusted speed to > use requirements during operation, but neither does that. I suspect that > the asus should (in theory) as it does do it on battery only; but unless > I'm really hammering all the time, it just doesn't seem to happen when I'm > looking at it. > > The settings used on all for powerd is hiadaptive for AC, adaptive for > battery. > > If I'm doing something wrong let me know, if more data is required I'm > happy to help the cause :) > > TIA > > First, let's get a bit more information. Please provide: sysctl dev.cpu.0 (on AC and then on battery) uname -a /etc/sysctl.conf (If present) /boot/loader.conf (if present) -- Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com