Re: CPU Frequency on default Sarge kernel
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 10:24:15AM +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Eduardo Costa Lisboa wrote:
>
> >Hi. I can't set the CPU frequency on my notebook. I am using the
> >default kernel, 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic.
> >
> >I would like to know if is it possible to set the processor frequency
> >using cpufrequtils on the AMD64 processor.
>
> yes, it is. You probably need to load the appropriate module, or (if
> you prefer) to compile a new kernel including it. The appropriate module
> to load depends on the processor you have, possible choices being
>
> - powernow-k8 (for Athlon64, Turions, Opterons, 64bit AMD cpus in general)
> - p4-clockmod (for Intel P4 with 64 bit extension)
> - speedstep-centrino (I don't know what this is for, probably some 64 bit
> mobile Intel chip)
Some xeon processors with EMT64 include the same kind of
frequency/voltage scaling than the Pentium-M.
They are intended for servers platform obviously.
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