Re: T7200 CPU not detected by est

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:47:56AM +0100, Gerrit Kühn wrote:
Ok, so it's probably neither specific for CPUs nor for the mainbaords;
however, up to now all CPUs with this problem are Core2 CPUs.

JC> In the case of our servers, we usually turn EIST off (this one
JC> particular box has it enabled) because of the above problem -- but I'd
JC> much rather have it turned on to help save power. For a laptop or
JC> workstation, however, I can see this being an incredibly important
JC> feature.

I run low power workstations here which are intended to be used in a lab
environment, and I would very much like to have working power-saving
features (otherwise the whole setup is quite useless).

Can I somehow help debugging this, should I file a PR or are there any
further recommended things to do?

I believe the problem is that our CPUs don't match any of the
identification verification methods performed in
src/sys/i386/cpufreq/est.c.

I should be able to make a patch for this, but will need time -- our
to-be-dev/test C2D box sits in my living room waiting for CPUs to arrive
so it can be built. :-)

If you'd like to file a PR in the meantime, that'd be great too; let me
know what the PR # is.

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