2.6.25.x: Wrong CPU frequency (cpufreq table) with p4-clockmod

From: Guntsche Michael
Date: Fri May 30 2008 - 09:51:50 EST


Hi list,

I recently upgraded one of my servers from 2.6.24.2 to 2.6.25. This is more or less a basic fileserver that also does some compilations from time to time.

cat /proc/cpuinfo from 2.6.24.2:

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 1
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 425.000
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pebs bts sync_rdtsc
bogomips : 3401.38
clflush size : 64

scaling_available_frequencies (p4-clockmod): 425000 637500 850000 1062500 1275000 1487500 1700000

Since the server is idling most of the time I enabled the ondemand governor and installed p4-clockmod. I read that this is not the best solution but acpi-cpufreq is not working for me.

Everything was good with 2.6.24. After switching to to 2.6.25 I have the following output.

cat /proc/cpuinfo from 2.6.25.4:

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 1
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 3450.000
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pebs bts
bogomips : 3402.06
clflush size : 64

scaling_available_frequencies (p4-clockmod): 3450000 5175000 6900000 8625000 10350000 12075000 13800000

The scaling is working but the frequencies are way of. Every value is multiplied by ~8.12.
I get the same result with 2.6.25 and 2.6.25.4.
I am not sure if this is only a display related problem, or if something more serious is causing this.

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Kind regards,
Michael







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