cpufreq under Dapper (Flight 6)

[mrwolff]

Monster_user wrote:

>Why didn't I think of going to Intel's website... D'Oh...
>Not that it helped much. I did get some things for you to look into.
>
>This is a quick list of features on the Pentium D processor. It says
>that the 820 does not support Speedstep.
>http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_d/index.htm
>
>This Dell Dimension 9150 Spec sheet, says that it supports "Up To" an
>840...
>http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_9150?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz
>
>So that means your Dell has either an 820 (unsupported), 830, or 840
>PentiumD processor. I did a search on Intel for the 2.8D, and it is an
>820 processor.
>http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/index_view_pd.htm
>
>So it looks like you will have to upgrade to the 3.0ghz for it to work.
>Unless that is what the poster in your link was refering to. Support
>being added in the Second Quarter for the 820...
>
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My Dell Pentium-M speedstep works fine as far as I know, but I'm not 
using dapper yet.  I hope that doesn't change.  I would have to change 
distros if there wasn't a way for me to have speedstep in Dapper. 

Does /proc/cpuinfo list anything for speedstep? Mine lists Stepping: 8

Also, to check to see if how my processor was stepping I added the gnome 
widget to my taskbar that showed me the cpu speed.  Very nice, I can 
actually see my cpu clock down to 800 and then jump up to 1600 when I 
give it a good task.  This might not help at all, but I thought I would 
mention it all the same.  I enjoy seeing my processor step up and down.