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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Varying clocks freqs of CPU ?
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:51:56
Message-Id: 9AAA6CFF-D44D-4A00-B0B2-6C3EAFFB25DD@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Varying clocks freqs of CPU ? by App Deb
1 On 25/11/2010, at 1:24pm, App Deb wrote:
2 > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> new features, new problems...
5 >> Recent multi-core CPUs modify the clock freqs of their core
6 >> if only a subset of all cores are used.
7 >>
8 >> Are their any CONFIGs need to be set in the linux kernel to
9 >> guarantee a stable system running those kind of CPUs ?
10 >>
11 >> Thank you very much in advance for any help!
12 >
13 > Most Intel CPUs need: CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
14 >
15 > All AMD CPUs need: CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8
16 >
17 > enabled in the kernel.
18 >
19 > And after that you need to install and enable/run the cpufrequtils daemon.
20
21 How does one determine whether one's CPU supports this, please?
22
23 Stroller.

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