Is this a low speed for my CPU???

[Karl Hegbloom]

On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 21:46 +0200, LuXo wrote:
>
> I added the Frequency Monitor to my gnome panel and ive seen that my
> CPU is always between 382Mhz and 796Mhz.... and i have an AMD XP 2000+
> ¿?
> [...]
> powernow: PowerNOW! Technology present. Can scale: frequency and voltage.
> powernow: No PST tables match this cpuid (0x781)
> powernow: This is indicative of a broken BIOS.
> powernow: Trying ACPI perflib
> powernow: Minimun speed 382Mhz. Maximun speed 796Mhz.
> 
> Is this as it should be or is there something wrong (i think there is
> something wrong but im a noob in linux).

First, see if you can get a BIOS upgrade for it.  That may fix the
problem.

Second, consider writing a note to the Linux cpufreq 'powernow'
maintainer, explaining the situation.  Perhaps that person can write a
patch to support it.  If you receive a patch, please see that the
Ubuntu / Debian kernel package maintainers receive a copy, with a full
explanation.

That maintainer's name will be in the kernel source code.  The Ubuntu
kernel maintainer's address will be in the output of "dpkg --status
NAME_OF_KERNEL_PACKAGE".  If you require assistance finding these email
addresses, please contact me off-list.  (Hint: see
Documentation/cpu-freq/)