Re: cpuinfo shows wrong MHz value

From: Frans Pop
Date: Thu Feb 19 2009 - 21:53:06 EST


On Thursday 19 February 2009, Joerg Platte wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009 schrieb Frans Pop:
> > commit ed9cbcd40004904dbe61ccc16d6106a7de38c998
> > Author: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue Nov 20 14:20:21 2007 -0500
> > Revert "speedstep-lib.c: fix frequency multiplier for Pentium4
> > models 0&1"
> >
> > That would exactly explain the factor 8 of the error.
>
> Yes, looks like thats the reason.

It looks as if http://bugzilla.kernel.org/10968 has a fix for this issue,
but that that patch never got included in the kernel.

For start of current thread, see:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1034291?page=last
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