New AMD Processor:RM-72

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 11/14/08, weinter.lim <limguowei at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Paul B. Mahol wrote:
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>> On 11/14/08, weinter.lim <limguowei at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> weinter.lim wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have tried installing FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2 on my Laptop with a Relatively
>>>> new
>>>> Mobile Processor AMD X2 Turion RM-72 2.1GHZ 1MB L2 Cache
>>>> I find that the temperature during normal operation is very high 70
>>>> degress IDLE
>>>> When Compiling it hits 90 degress
>>>> All this is happening even with power_d enabled
>>>> Anyone else encountered similar issues with solution?
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>>> hw.acpi.thermal.min_runtime: 0
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate: 10
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.user_override: 0
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 69.0C (Changes to 90 degrees during
>>> compiling)
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.active: -1
>> Does this one ever change?
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>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.passive_cooling: 1
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.thermal_flags: 0
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._PSV: 99.0C
>> This one is too much high, it make more sense if it is ~60.0C
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>> If acpi is disabled, does system also get too hot? Yes it does
>> Is fan working/operational? Yes it is working 

How fast?



>> I don't think Acer Laptops enables fan control to users
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>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._HOT: -1
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._CRT: 105.0C
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._ACx: -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
>> This one looks bogus.
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>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._TC1: 2
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._TC2: 3
>>> hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._TSP: 40
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>> After executing:
>> # hw.acpi.thermal.user_override=1
>> Try to modify hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.* values to something more usefull.
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>> I changed hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._PSV:60.0C
>> But the 
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>> Also could you post output of:
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>> % sysctl dev.cpu
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>> dev.cpu.0.%desc: ACPI CPU
>> dev.cpu.0.%driver: cpu
>> dev.cpu.0.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU0
>> dev.cpu.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
>> dev.cpu.0.%parent: acpi0
>> dev.cpu.0.cx_supported: C1/0
>> dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest: C1
>> dev.cpu.0.cx_usage: 100.00%
>> dev.cpu.1.%desc: ACPI CPU
>> dev.cpu.1.%driver: cpu
>> dev.cpu.1.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU1
>> dev.cpu.1.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
>> dev.cpu.1.%parent: acpi0
>> dev.cpu.1.cx_supported: C1/0
>> dev.cpu.1.cx_lowest: C1
>> dev.cpu.1.cx_usage: 100.00%
>> 
>> Also i just noticed:
>> starting power_d
>> power_d : look up freq not found (or something like that)

Try:

# kldload cpufreq

and restart powerd:

# pkill powerd & powerd -a adp

Even if this one works it is only workaround.