[ltp] Frequency scaling not working in /sys in T41

Eric C. Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:40:14 -0400


On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:14:07AM -0700, Miguel Hermanns wrote:
> I'm trying to use powernowd on my T41, but for the moment without 
> success. I have reviewed the messages of the mailinglist from the last 4 
> months without finding a solution to my problem. My system is a T41 
> (centrino) with debian sarge, kernel 2.6.6 (debian standard one) and the 
> following modules loaded:
> [...]
> cpufreq_userspace       7296  2
> speedstep_centrino      7700  0
> freq_table              4576  1 speedstep_centrino

I am using cpudyn successfully. In addition to your modules, I have
cpufreq_powersave loaded (via a line in /etc/modules).

> The settings of the files in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/
> are:
> [...]
> scaling_governor:
> userspace

My .../scaling_governor file says "powersave".

It switches nicely between 600MHz when idle and full speed when
something is running.

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u