Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:13:32 -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: <200707281913.33242.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <46AB48A7.8060103@freebsd.org> References: <200707271109.51334.joao@matik.com.br> <200707290833.56202.joao@matik.com.br> <46AB48A7.8060103@freebsd.org>
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On Saturday 28 July 2007 10:46:15 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > JoaoBR schrieb: > > 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 a= nd > >>>>>>> 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.h= tm > >>>>l - see there for system details] > >>>> > >>>> Same here - in single user mode, even powerd works fine - like it do= es > >>>> 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 50= 00 > >>>>> 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 + powe= rd > >>> 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 > > stays so and the PC is freezed up, disabling powerd and works stable > > Meanwhile I found a workaround for my system: I had SCHED_ULE configured > in my kernel - switching to SCHED_4BSD gets rid of the freezes. Should > have thought of that sooner, ISTR having problems with powerd and > SCHED_ULE even on single cpu P4s. here no change, I was already on 4BSD I tried both schedulers but my problem persist. Since my MB has a sis onboa= rd=20 vga I will try a PCIe on monday and see if it helps because when I disable= =20 DPMS in xorg.conf it stands longer here =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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