speedstep / cpu frequency control on 6-stable?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:32:05 +0100
Vince <jhary at unsane.co.uk> wrote:

My system is:
root at kg-home# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-home.kg4.no 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #2: Mon Aug 21
15:58:01 CEST 2006     root at kg-home.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AS5672
i386

root at kg-home# dmesg | grep -i cpu
CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2250  @ 1.73GHz (1733.41-MHz
686-class CPU) cpu0 on motherboard


> powerd -v

I get:
root at kg-home# powerd -v
powerd: lookup freq: No such file or directory

> > Do I need working acpi to use a power control method?
> Umm not sure as mine works, but probably, since my dmesg says I have

Ok, I just checked, and with acpi enabled, powerd runs.

I run this laptop (AcerAspire AS5672) with acpi disabled, as this is
currently the only way I can get a network connection working on it.
Howeever, it gets very hot, so I would like to control the temperature
better.
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Regards
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway