From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IHbtr-0007Tg-Aa for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:55:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l758rtkn029953; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 08:53:55 GMT Received: from moa.ifa.hawaii.edu (moa.IfA.Hawaii.Edu [128.171.168.48]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l758rs4V029947 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 08:53:54 GMT Received: by moa.ifa.hawaii.edu (Postfix, from userid 1041) id A1ECAB3660; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:00:38 -1000 (HST) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:00:38 -1000 From: Joshua Hoblitt To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] complete crash with ondemand scheduler Message-ID: <20070805090038.GD17442@ifa.hawaii.edu> References: <46B1C350.40906@st.com> <46B30046.8080100@st.com> <200708050924.17710.e0026053@student.tuwien.ac.at> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zS7rBR6csb6tI2e1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200708050924.17710.e0026053@student.tuwien.ac.at> X-Archives-Salt: 8bf4eebb-6b6e-4c11-8cc3-353a94dd0107 X-Archives-Hash: 461fa24270b12a410dc22befb0c92db1 --zS7rBR6csb6tI2e1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 09:24:17AM +0200, Bernhard Auzinger wrote: > > the ondemand governor steps the processor between the least step to the > > most one. for example, i have a turion 64 with steps from 800mhz to 2gh= z. > > the ondemand governor would step from 800mhz directly to 2ghz when the = cpu > > is under load and then return to 800 mhz when the load drops down. >=20 > I think you are wrong, because the ondemand governor does also switch bet= ween=20 > all available frequencies. For example my amd64X2 is capable of=20 > 1000,1800,2000,2200,2400MHz and the ondemand governor does switch very we= ll=20 > between these frequencies if needed. That is correct, it moves one "step" per polling cycle the rate of which can be adjusted via the sysfs interface. -J -- --zS7rBR6csb6tI2e1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGtZG2Wa2BU+b7tU0RAg7hAJ4jAgT3VlIFN2FyfwyPlTmtHUMlhgCeOR9l R9vX4rcY5wf9rjy5kNsOvYE= =U6Ia -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zS7rBR6csb6tI2e1-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list