Re: cpufreq scaling appears not to work on overclocked systems

From: Dave Jones
Date: Sun Jul 29 2007 - 19:34:43 EST


On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 03:16:45PM -0600, Berck E. Nash wrote:

> I'm running a Core2 Duo 1.86GHz overclocked to 2.56GHz. Everything is
> normal with cpufreq scaling disabled. With cpufreq scaling enabled in
> the kernel, using any governor, /proc/cpuinfo indicates a maximum of the
> rated frequency rather than the actual frequency.

FAQ.
The BIOS contains hard coded tables of frequencies.
Just because you changed the clocks on which those tables
are based doesn't mean the tables will change.

Not a bug.

Dave

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