Re: powernow-k8 problem

[Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net>]

On Monday 20 February 2006 14:47, Thomas Lundqvist wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> When trying to modprobe powernow-k8 I get the following:
>   > modprobe powernow-k8
>
>   FATAL: Error inserting powernow_k8
> (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-486/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow
>-k8.ko): No such device
>
> And in syslog I get:
>
>   powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version
> 1.50.4) powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects
>
> I have read about this problem and people suggest turning on Cool
> 'n Quiet in BIOS or/and update BIOS. I think I have tried these
> things...
>
>   Kernel: 2.6.15-1-486 (Debian)
>   CPU:    Athlon 64, 3000+, 2 GHz, Socket 754
>   MB:     ASUS, K8V-MX updated with BIOS 0207 (originally 0204)
>
> Do I need an amd64-compiled kernel?

YES, or at least a k7 (32 bit userland) or k8 (64 bit userland) version.


> Is it enough with BIOS setting "Cool N'Quiet" set to "Enabled"?
>
> Any clues welcome, thanks in advance,
>
> /Thomas L

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Greg Madden