Re: [ACPI-sppt] <not supported> for /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance

"Net Llama!" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.acpi.support
Organization HAL-III
Message-ID <[email protected]>
1) The Sharp MV12W uses an Intel PIII, not a Crusoe
2) I got a sane entry under /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance when I 
applied the 2.4.21 patches from acpi.sf.net.  It just stopped working 
with the acpi that came in 2.4.22-pre2.

On 06/28/03 20:32, Tomasz Ciolek wrote:

> Guys, this simply means that the CPU/Chipset DOES NOT support ACPI based
> frequencey/voltage scaling. For transmeta Crusoe based laptops you need
> to enable the longrun stuff in the CPU Frequency Scaling section in the
> kernel config, and then use a user-land nutility to manage performance.
> 
> Tomasz Ciolek
> 
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 10:44:24PM -0400, joe wrote:
>> I just tried 2.5.72 with appropriate acpi.sf.net patch, and I'm still 
>> <not supported>.  Argh.
>> 
>> joe
>> 
>> Net Llama! wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >
>> >On 06/28/03 17:01, joe wrote:
>> >
>> >>I have a Fujitsu Lifebook 2010 with an AMD Athlon-M 1700+.
>> >>
>> >>If I build 2.4.21 (kernel.org) with the 2.4 ACPI patch from 
>> >>http://acpi.sourceforge.net/download.html, I get <not supported> in 
>> >>my /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance.  Anybody have any hints on 
>> >>what I might do to get the performance states in there, so I can slow 
>> >>down my clock speed?
>> >
>> >
>> >I've got a Sharp MV12W, and oddly, with 2.4.22-pre2, I get the same 
>> >thing as you, but with 2.4.21 and the acpi.sf.net patches added, it 
>> >worked fine.  Unfortunately, 2.4.21 doesn't work well with my wifi card.

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