Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:33:55 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: bruno@freebsd.org, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: powerd freeze with amd 5000 X2 but not with lower cpus Message-ID: <200707290833.56202.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <46AB160D.6040207@freebsd.org> References: <200707271109.51334.joao@matik.com.br> <200707290614.18469.joao@matik.com.br> <46AB160D.6040207@freebsd.org>
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On Saturday 28 July 2007 07:10:21 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > JoaoBR schrieb: > > On Saturday 28 July 2007 04:21:39 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > >> JoaoBR schrieb: > >>> On Friday 27 July 2007 12:31:55 Nate Lawson wrote: > >>>> JoaoBR wrote: > >>>>> Hi > >>>>> when I enable powerd with default flags (and any other also) the > >>>>> computer freezes some seconds after powerd is started. It does not > >>>>> reach login. Nothing in the logs. This is with amd 5000 X2 Am2 > >>>>> > >>>>> When i stick into the same computer a 4600 or 4200 it runs fine and > >>>>> smooth. > >>>>> > >>>>> I thought it is MB related and did the same and again the 5000 cpu > >>>>> freeze, the smaller ones not. > >>>>> > >>>>> Any idea what I should do? > >>>>> > >>>>> I use releng_6 amd and i386 same story and cpufreq and acpi is > >>>>> compiled. > >>>> > >>>> Disable powerd again and boot normally. Try changing the frequency > >>>> with "sysctl dev.cpu", etc. and see if any of the levels freeze for > >>>> you. > >>> > >>> ok, this is what I get > >>> > >>> dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2600/100000 2400/85596 2200/72544 2000/60778 > >>> 1800/50237 1000/25535 > >>> > >>> no need to say but the fan levels obviously are wrong > >>> > >>> And now the interesting part I shift to 2400 or any other and > >>> immediately freeze, that from kde konsole > >>> > >>> in single user mode I can shift up and down between all speeds and > >>> nothing happens > >> > >> [Jumping in from the thread started on -stable - > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-July/036395.html > >> - see there for system details] > >> > >> Same here - in single user mode, even powerd works fine - like it does > >> with SMP disabled - but no go in multiuser. > >> > >>> I see some similar discussion on stable but I can not match with > >>> everything there because I have the problem only with the athlon 5000 > >>> cpu > >> > >> The CPU difference is interesting - exactly what model is your X2 4600= +? > >> Mine is a stepping F, model 4B, rev BH-F2 ("Energy Efficient" with 65W > >> TDP). > > > > seems to be the same > > > > but I have better news and seems my first idea was right, the MB is it > > > > I found a tech info on the manufactor's support site telling cpu support > > up to 4600+ and found a bios for newer cpus including my 5000+ > > > > so I upgraded the bios and my CPU now works with smp + cpufreq + powerd > > on both amd64 and i386 > > Good to hear. Unfortunately my Mobo's BIOS is already up-to-date, the > CPU is officially supported and Cool'n'Quiet works dandy in Windows XP > ... =3D/ my ok msg was too fast, after some time my video starts flickering and stay= s=20 so and the PC is freezed up, disabling powerd and works stable until it freeze cpu frequency shifting is done well manually I can set all cpu speeds and seems to stay stable on each must be related to X because I have some servers without X but=20 cpufreq+smp+powerd running absolutely stable I found some msgs about the same problem with Gentoo and Debian and people = say=20 the problem is with xorg and changing to xfree solved it for them but I=20 myself probably will not risk getting into a nightmare after the /usrX11R6= =20 thing I have no windows but fedora 7 on the same pc and works fine too,=20 kde's 'kpowersave info dialog' shows fine the cpu frequency shifting =2D-=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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