From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ducrot Bruno Subject: Re: Instability without ACPI Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 20:46:48 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030711184648.GN22636@poupinou.org> References: <200307110022.29512.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> <200307111356.22376.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> <20030711140227.GF22636@poupinou.org> <200307111806.57883.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> <20030711172639.GL22636@poupinou.org> <1057947446.1451.51.camel@darkstar.portugal> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1057947446.1451.51.camel-4/PLUo9XfK/yXfm4dIG/yWZHpeb/A1Y/@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9rgio?= Monteiro Basto Cc: Andrew de Quincey , acpi-devel List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:17:25PM +0100, Sérgio Monteiro Basto wrote: > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 18:26, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > > > > You probably need acpi due to power states for the cpu. Common problem > > with laptop shipped with athlon in general (there is a tool called > > lvcool though if you do not have acpi). > > sounds cool > I have one athlon 4 on one KT133. > but after reading > http://cip.uni-trier.de/nofftz/linux/Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO.html > > in 2.5 > This is the only solution which does not use the ACPI system of the > Linux kernel. This one will do exactly what ACPI does (that is, in the main loop, read LVL2 register). So the exact same issue will likely happens. ... > 2.1. The Command-line Hack > you can enable/disable the power-saving right from the command-line > without any need for rebooting. > > on KT133/133A, KX133, KL/KLE133, KM/KN133, ...: > enable: setpci -v -H1 -s 0:0.0 52=$(printf %x $((0x$(setpci -H1 -s 0:0.0 > 52) | 0x80))) > disable: setpci -v -H1 -s 0:0.0 52=$(printf %x $((0x$(setpci -H1 -s > 0:0.0 52) & 0x7f))) > > How I know if it enable or disable ? setpci -H1 -s 0:0.0 52 then look if bit 8 is set (enable) or not (disable). > is it safe try this commands? I don't know. -- Ducrot Bruno -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1