Subject: Re: powernow k8 problem
To: billk01 <billk01@metrumrg.com>
From: IWAMOTO Toshihiro <toshii@w.email.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/13/2006 15:48:24
At Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:36:46 -0500,
billk01 wrote:
>
> Thought I would reply to my own post in case somebody wants to read a
> bit more and pass on some help.
> I have built and installed (using build.sh) NetBSD4 beta2 for amd64 and
> built a kernel with options POWERNOW_K8 and options POWERNOW_DEBUG.
> Still no luck with powernow. I tried with and without acpi. I have
> attached my dmesg for the kernel with acpi. Any help would be appreciated.
powernow_k8 code only reads BIOS tables, which is documented as
obsolete in the specification. I guess your machine has a powernow
table only in ACPI.
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IWAMOTO Toshihiro