Pentium-M - not recognized?

[Eric Anderson]

Nate Lawson wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Eric Anderson wrote:
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>>> Eric Anderson wrote:
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>>>> I have a Dell Latitude D610 laptop, and my kernel says:
>>>>
>>>> CPU claims to support Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
>>>> Please update driver or contact the maintainer.
>>>> cpu_vendor = GenuineIntel msr = 6120e2606000e26, bus_clk = 64
>>>>
>>>> What does that mean to me?  How can I fix it?
>>>>
>>>> All my various info (full dmesg, acpi dumps, etc) are available here:
>>>> http://www.googlebit.com/freebsd/
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Looks like I'm in over my head.  I think a section for the 750 needs 
>> to be added, but I'm not sure what to add exactly, and I'm now afraid 
>> I'll light my computer on fire if I try.  The Intel doc with the specs 
>> is here:
> 
> 
> Ok, I've committed a patch to est.c that should add support of acpi 
> detection of EST parameters.  Please give it a try.  It probably won't 
> work on all systems since it appears some systems need _PDC support 
> (something I'm working on).  Actually, if yours doesn't work with est, 
> it should work with acpi_perf.
> 

Rebuilt everything, and I'm not certain anything is different.  Latest output is at the URL above.  

As a side note - when this laptop goes from AC to battery, the machine hangs for 10 seconds.  From battery to AC, there is no hang.  I think it might be some kind of interrupt storm (USB?).

Eric




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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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