Re: powernowd only 2 modes?

[Mike <spam@mdobbs.com>]

mike@spock:~/old/home/mike/videos$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 47
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
stepping        : 0
cpu MHz         : 1005.156
cache size      : 512 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm
bogomips        : 1993.38
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc

I have the athlon 64 3000.  Socket 939

Looks to me from the pdf you pointed out that it does only support 1000
or 1800hz.  Is that 100hz stepping only for the mobile processors?

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 12:24 +0200, Bruno Ducrot wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:26:18PM -0500, Mike wrote:
> > I have an amd64 3000.  Does this only support 1Ghz or 1.8Ghz?  No Steps?
> > If not how do you get it to use steps?
> 
> I don't know.  You should give more information, especially
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> and compare with
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_7203,00.html
> and get the pdf linked to this one:
> "AMD Athlon 64 Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet" #30430
> 
> It is very likely that your processor support two frequencies.
>