From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 07:25:31 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C10E216A418 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cederstrand.dk) Received: from mail.itu.dk (pluto.itu.dk [130.226.142.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DFD213C4A5 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cederstrand.dk) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.0.0.3]) by mail.itu.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1BAF36F1F4; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:20:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at itu.dk Received: from superman.itu.dk ([130.226.142.5]) by localhost (daredevil.itu.dk [130.226.142.26]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9v2T0AChboO8; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:20:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.149] (stud1-15.itu.dk [130.226.140.15]) by superman.itu.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD299E5EE; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:20:31 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <471EF23F.7040506@cederstrand.dk> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:20:31 +0200 From: Erik Cederstrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ross Penner References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User questions Subject: Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:25:31 -0000 Ross Penner wrote: > Hi all, I have a few questions about my Via C7 processor. In > examples/make.conf there is an option for the CPUTYPE. It indicates > that only the C3 and the C3-2 chips are supported. Does the C7 chip > have support that I don't know of? If not, will it? Otherwise, will > specifying the chipset as C3 help or hinder my environment? I know this is not an answer, but why not just upgrade to 7.0 if you need the C7 support? > My second question is in regards to the CPU frequency control. I've > seen that the C7 gets support for cpufreq in 7 current, but I'm > running 6. Without support in cpufreq, what speed would my processor > be running at? I've always thought my performance has been lackluster > so I suspect it's running at the lower clock speed. If cpufreq/powerd is not active, your processor is running full-speed. You can check this with "sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq" if it's available on your system. Erik