cpufreq troubles AMD 64 X2 (running i386)

[Denise H. G.]

Peter Wullinger <peter.wullinger at gmail.com> writes:

> [to -amd64, unsure if it should better go to -stable]
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> Since the archives turn up nothing but dead threads, I'd like to
> raise the issue once again: It seems to me, that on certain 
> configurations (like mine), cpuqfreq does not work together with 
> AMD 64 X2 CPUs. Note that this is running in 32-bit mode, for
> the lack of 64-bit nVidia drivers.
>
> The machine has never been able to use powernow since upgrading
> last year and cpufreq has consistently failed with
>
> device_attach: powernow0 attach returned 6
>
> (pruned verbose dmesg attached)
>
> Any ideas or suggestions how I can help to track down the problem?

how about `HWPMC(4)' ?

I'm running 7-STABLE/amd64, and I have `options HWPMC_HOOKS' in my
kernel configuration, with `hwpmc(4)' compiled as a kld. everything
works fine. But I'm not sure if it will work on i386.

>
> Cheers,
> 	Peter

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Denise H. G. <darcsis AT gmail DOT com>