[ltp] CPU Speed T40p

Arnvid Karstad linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:23:28 +0100


On Saturday 26 March 2005 22:00, darian schramm wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a t40p running Debian testing/unstable, kernel 2.6.7.
>
> My perfomance hasn't been great lately so I checked /proc/cpuinfo
> and I see this:


With powercord in:

arnvid@vision arnvid $ more /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 9
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1700MHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 1698.898
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
clflu
sh dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
bogomips        : 3358.72


With powercord out:

vision root # more /proc/cpuinfo                                               
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 9
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1700MHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 599.611
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
clflu
sh dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
bogomips        : 1185.43



With powercord back in:

vision root # more /proc/cpuinfo                                               
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 9
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1700MHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 1698.898
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
clflu
sh dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
bogomips        : 3358.72

I'd say you have a badly configured cpufreqd running or your kernel are 
compiled with wrong "Default CPUFreq governor (performance)".


I can send you the kernel config I'm using on my T41p.

- Arnvid -