Re: ACPI support on Compaq Presario 2500
On Friday 06 October 2006 23:30, Micha wrote:
> (I hope you don't mind me stepping in Jörg i just had a related
> problem here)
>
> Jörg's tracking was straightforward so far, and i think he's
> right to suggest a close look at the hardware at this point.
>
> > # dmidecode 2.8
> >
> > Vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
> > Version: KF_KH.F.24
> > Release Date: 10/26/2004
>
> There's a newer BIOS available.
:). Poor me, i haven't success finding the new BIOS
> Since your dmesg contains ACPI errors, I would try to
> upgrade the BIOS first before any further tracking.
> There use to be instructions on the respective website (phoenix).
> Usually it boils down to run a .exe from a windows, but there
> are other approaches through different tools, also for linux.
> Certainly this list has support if needed.
>
> >Processor Information
> > Socket Designation: WMT478/NWD
> > Type: Central Processor
> > Family: Pentium 4
>
> Should be a P 4-M. Admittedly i can't decide exactly, but i think you've
> got quicker access to the exact specs than me.
> Try to search /var/log/kern.log, since your dmesg was cut off.
> It's important to know which speedstep module you should look
> for.
> It's still not always easy, for example if cpuid reports Pentium Pro, you
> have to know that Pentium M was derived from the P-III Pro line (and not
> P4). FYI:
> http://support.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/pentium4/sb/CS-007487.ht
>m http://www.intel.com/products/processor/mobilepentium4/index.htm
> http://support.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/pentium4/sb/CS-007499.ht
>m http://www.bay-wolf.com/speedstep.htm
>
> > Manufacturer: Intel
> > ID: 29 0F 00 00 FF F9 EB BF
> > Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 2, Stepping 9
> > Flags:
> > FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
> > VME (Virtual mode extension)
> > DE (Debugging extension)
> > PSE (Page size extension)
> > TSC (Time stamp counter)
> > MSR (Model specific registers)
> > PAE (Physical address extension)
> > MCE (Machine check exception)
> > CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
> > SEP (Fast system call)
> > MTRR (Memory type range registers)
> > PGE (Page global enable)
> > MCA (Machine check architecture)
> > CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
> > PAT (Page attribute table)
> > PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
> > CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
> > DS (Debug store)
> > ACPI (ACPI supported)
> > MMX (MMX technology supported)
> > FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
> > SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
> > SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
> > SS (Self-snoop)
> > HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
>
> Hyperhtreading points to M-4, also 1024 K of L2 Cache
> (though there's only 512 K installed it seems).
>
> > TM (Thermal monitor supported)
> > PBE (Pending break enabled)
> > Version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4
> > Voltage: 1.2 V
> > External Clock: Unknown
> > Max Speed: 2667 MHz
> > Current Speed: 2667 MHz
>
> But i wonder why your attached dmesg doesn't mention power states.
> Maybe that was already expired. (dmesg is a ringbusffer with limited
> capacity). --> less -p "thrott" /var/log/kern.log
>
> I can see these messages here on a Pentium-M:
> "Oct 6 16:55:03 lynx kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling
> states)"
>
> The safe way to proceed would be, upgrade the BIOS, install a recent 2.6.18
> kernel source, get a proper .config file from the net, (any 2.6.xy should
> do), make oldconfig, plus make menuconfig to adjust to your specific
> hardware (according to the manual or windows system information), and try
> to set anything as modular as possible. except access to the root
> filesystem, and other reasonable boot-up stuff. Compile without initrd (man
> make-kpkg).
> Then update your debian (Sid), and look if powernowd is runing.
I'm willing to do it, but I can't find the BIOS update.
>
> Yoanis Gil Delgado <fred@uh.cu>:
> | On Friday 06 October 2006 03:24, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> | > Yoanis Gil Delgado wrote:
> | > > root@hogwarts:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0# modprobe acpi-cpufreq
> | > > FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq
> | > > (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-c
> | > >pufr eq.ko): No such device
> | > >
> | > > :(
> | > >
> | > > Regards,
> | > > Yoanis.
> | >
> | > Sorry, now I am helpless. Just for completeness I would like to see the
> | > content of "/var/log/dmesg" which shows what hardware has been found
> | > during booting, and the output of "dmidecode" which shows information
> | > about harware and BIOS.
> | >
> | > Regards,
> | > Jörg-Volker.
> |
> | These is the output from the commands you requested.
> | Regards,
> | Yoanis
>
> Good luck,
>
> m°
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