Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Sergio Polini <sp_rm_it@×××××.it>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] [gentoo-amd64 Gentoo Linux Tuning Guide
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:12:26
Message-Id: 200604272010.10944.sp_rm_it@yahoo.it
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] [gentoo-amd64 Gentoo Linux Tuning Guide by Fernando Boaglio
1 Fernando Boaglio:
2 > Please check my kernel config file:
3 > > cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep -i cpu
4 >
5 > # CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU is not set
6 > CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
7 > CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
8 > # CPU Frequency scaling
9 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
10 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y
11 > # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEBUG is not set
12 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y
13 > # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS is not set
14 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
15 > # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
16 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
17 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y
18 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
19 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
20 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=y
21 > # CPUFreq processor drivers
22 > # CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ is not set
23 > # CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF is not set
24 >
25 > Should I change anything ?
26 >
27 > Maybe I should remove CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE and
28 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE...
29
30 I'm not a kernel tuning expert ;-))
31 However:
32
33 a) my kernel config is:
34 CONFIG_X86_64=y
35 CONFIG_64BIT=y
36 CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU=y
37 CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
38 # CPU Frequency scaling
39 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
40 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y
41 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEBUG is not set
42 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y
43 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS is not set
44 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
45 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
46 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
47 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y
48 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
49 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND is not set
50 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=y
51 # CPUFreq processor drivers
52 CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=y
53 # CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF is not set
54 # CONFIG_CPU5_WDT is not set
55
56 b) I do not use cpudyn, although recommended by the Gentoo Linux AMD64
57 FAQ. Here is why:
58 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_AMD64_on_HP_Pavilion_dv5000z#CPU_Frequency_Scaling
59
60 HTH
61 Sergio
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