Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 17:08:26 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CPU Turbo mode Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311081704080.84892@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4A2AEF45-5185-4ED7-98BD-B6975C79A5B9@gmail.com> References: <70EC0F10-FAD0-4EA6-8C1F-A95B1C786B7B@gmail.com> <20131031153757.GG63947@dan.emsphone.com> <4A2AEF45-5185-4ED7-98BD-B6975C79A5B9@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2013, aurfalien wrote: > > On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Dan Nelson wrote: > >> In the last episode (Oct 30), aurfalien said: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've powerd enabled and see this message often when running powerd -v; >>> >>> current freq 2201 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4402 MHz >>> >>> Were is the 4402 value gotten from, is it a turbo value and if so, why is >>> it not boosting? >> >> Depending on your settings, powerd will try and raise the clock rate at >> different rates based on system load. 4402 is simply double the current >> clock rate, which probably means your system is busy and powerd is trying to >> quickly raise the clock rate. It doesn't bother capping the target value at >> the maximum, though, since it'll find out a bit later in the code when it >> actually tries to set a new clockrate and realizes that it's already at max. > > I found that my CPU, while at 2.2GHz standard can boost to 2.7GHz. > > However powerd never shows it at 2.7GHz. > > Is there a way to some how get the turbo mode working in FreeBSD? > > Its enabled in BIOS. When it shows 2201, it's in Turbo mode. I don't know if there is anywhere that shows the actual speed of the single core that is going faster.
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