Langsdorf, Mark schrieb:
Aug 27 08:10:24 egal kernel: powernow-k8: internal error - pending bit very stuck - no further pstate changes possible Aug 27 08:10:24 egal kernel: powernow-k8: transition frequency failed.
I postet this before an was told this is because of the Invalid_Pss data.
Unlikely. For some reason, the transitions are failing on the hardware side. It could be a _PSS issue, but I doubt it.
What fid/vid table are you getting when the driver starts up?
-Mark Langsdorf AMD, Inc.
Hi, here I put some lines of /var/log/messages, showing the startup of powernow-k8: Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.60.2) Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: ACPI Warning (acpi_utils-0065): Invalid package argument [20060127] Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_processor-0274): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Invalid _PSS data [20060127] Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12 (1100 mV) Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0xa (1300 mV) Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: powernow-k8: 2 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x6 (1400 mV) Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: powernow-k8: 3 : fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0x2 (1500 mV) Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: cpu_init done, current fid 0xe, vid 0x0 Sep 13 18:08:44 egal kernel: powernow-k8: ph2 null fid transition 0xe Sep 13 18:08:44 egal rcpowersaved: s2ram does not know your machine. See 's2ram -i' for details. (127) Sep 13 18:08:44 egal rcpowersaved: Use SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes to override this detection. In boot.msg I get this line after loading scsi-subsystem: <7>Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed. Hope it helps Michael