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Date:      Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:35:28 +0200
From:      Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnilan.de>
To:        Uwe Grohnwaldt <uwe@grohnwaldt.eu>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cpufreq on VIA C7
Message-ID:  <4A757A00.3090903@omnilan.de>
In-Reply-To: <4A7382EF.5050400@grohnwaldt.eu>
References:  <4A65E6EB.50308@grohnwaldt.eu>	<20090722082940.GA18826@asahi.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>	<4A7327DE.9010305@grohnwaldt.eu> <4A7382EF.5050400@grohnwaldt.eu>

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Uwe Grohnwaldt schrieb am 01.08.2009 01:49 (localtime):
> Hi,
>=20
> disabling cpufreq in the kernel configfile works fine. after that it=20
> looks fine:
> dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2000/20000 1000/10000 800/8000 400/4000

This is done by throttling. Unfortunately it doesn't safe power for me,=20
at least on my E8400 the power consumption raises about a hardly=20
measureable bit.
If I'm right the C7 (Eden V4, Esther in my case) supports enhanced speed =

stepping. I can enable it in my BIOS (along with SpeedStep1) which=20
should enable the cpu to operate with 0.884 Volt. This would safe=20
enourmous power.
Unfortunately I can't hack the est driver to attach to C7.
Any volunteers? :)

Best regards,

-Harry

P.S.: I'll do some measurings regarding the throttling on the C7 to=20
verify disabling throttling is the right thing ;)


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