cpufreq not working on AMD

Bruno Ducrot ducrot at poupinou.org
Thu Jul 13 10:16:50 UTC 2006


Hi,

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 08:45:02PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
> Loading cpufreq.ko results in these messages:
> 
> powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0
> device_attach: powernow0 attach returned 6
> powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0
> device_attach: powernow0 attach returned 6
> 
> I've googled for it - there are many similar problems but no solution.
> 
> This is:
> 
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (1795.32-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x20ff0  Stepping = 0
> 
> Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
>   Features2=0x1<SSE3>
>   AMD Features=0xe2500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,LM,3DNow+,3DNow>
>   AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
> 
> in i386 mode, and setting cpu frequency works in Windows.

Is acpi loaded on that system?
Could you please provide a dmesg after a boot -v?

Cheers,

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Bruno Ducrot

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