High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Joerg Sommrey]

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Hello,

some similar problems have already been reported.  However, this looks
a bit different. With a large number of recent kernels (2.6.4 and 2.6.5,
mm-series and rc-series) the temperature of my CPUs is *much* higher
than with 2.6.3-mm4 (and previous).  My board is a Tyan Tiger MPX with
2x Athlon 2000+ MP. The temperature is about 38-45 Celsius (on low load)
with 2.6.3-mm4.  Later kernels show 48-55 Celsius.  I'm using amd76x_pm
for power-saving (both linux-2.6-amd76x_pm-20031109.patch and
patch-2.6.4-amd76x_pm).  At the moment this is not a big problem as
2.6.3-mm4 works perfect for me.  However, there might be future changes
that make me wanting a newer kernel... 

I did some tests with nmi_watchdog and the proprietary Nvidia graphics
driver and didn't find any impact.  There's no significant difference
using no nmi_watchdog, nmi_watchdog=1 (only 2.6.3-mm4) or
nmi_watchdog=2.  I also did some tests without an X server running:
temperatures go down to the lower end but the difference of 10 Kelvin
between 2.6.3-mm4 and 2.6.5 persists. I didn't try any of the acpi
kernel-parameters.

See attached config for 2.6.5 for details.

Any ideas?

-jo
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#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
# CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE is not set
# CONFIG_STANDALONE is not set
CONFIG_BROKEN=y
CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
# CONFIG_IKCONFIG is not set
# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y

#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
# CONFIG_X86_ELAN is not set
# CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER is not set
# CONFIG_X86_NUMAQ is not set
# CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT is not set
# CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP is not set
# CONFIG_X86_VISWS is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_ES7000 is not set
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMM is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
CONFIG_MK7=y
# CONFIG_MK8 is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERIC is not set
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
# CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC is not set
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_I8K is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m

#
# Firmware Drivers
#
# CONFIG_EDD is not set
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_EFI is not set
CONFIG_IRQBALANCE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
# CONFIG_REGPARM is not set

#
# Power management options (ACPI, APM)
#
CONFIG_PM=y
# CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_PM_DISK is not set

#
# ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
#
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y
CONFIG_AMD76X_PM=m

#
# APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support
#
# CONFIG_APM is not set

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set

#
# Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA)
#
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GOMMCONFIG is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
# CONFIG_PCI_USE_VECTOR is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC is not set
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# CONFIG_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_SCx200 is not set

#
# PCMCIA/CardBus support
#
# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set

#
# PCI Hotplug Support
#
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set

#
# Executable file formats
#
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m

#
# Device Drivers
#

#
# Generic Driver Options
#
# CONFIG_FW_LOADER is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER is not set

#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set

#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y

#
# Plug and Play support
#

#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CARMEL is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_LBD is not set

#
# ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
#
# CONFIG_IDE is not set

#
# SCSI device support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y

#
# SCSI Transport Attributes
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS is not set

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=32
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY_MS=5000
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_BUILD_FIRMWARE is not set
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_ENABLE is not set
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_MASK=0
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_REG_PRETTY_PRINT is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IMM is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA21XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA22XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2300 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2322 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA6312 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA6322 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NSP32 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set

#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
CONFIG_MD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m
CONFIG_DM_CRYPT=m

#
# Fusion MPT device support
#
# CONFIG_FUSION is not set

#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
#
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set

#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set

#
# Networking support
#
CONFIG_NET=y

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=m
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
# CONFIG_NET_KEY is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
CONFIG_INET_AH=y
CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP=y

#
# IP: Virtual Server Configuration
#
# CONFIG_IP_VS is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set

#
# IP: Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_IPRANGE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RECENT=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NETMAP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_SAME=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_LOCAL=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLASSIFY=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPFWADM is not set
CONFIG_XFRM=y
CONFIG_XFRM_USER=m

#
# SCTP Configuration (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
# CONFIG_IP_SCTP is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_LLC2 is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set

#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
CONFIG_TUN=m

#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=m
# CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
# CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
CONFIG_VORTEX=m
# CONFIG_TYPHOON is not set

#
# Tulip family network device support
#
# CONFIG_NET_TULIP is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set

#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_DL2K is not set
# CONFIG_E1000 is not set
# CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_R8169 is not set
# CONFIG_SIS190 is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set

#
# Ethernet (10000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_IXGB is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
# CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set
# CONFIG_PPP_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY=m
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_PPPOE=m
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set

#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set

#
# Token Ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
# CONFIG_NETCONSOLE is not set

#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set

#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set

#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set

#
# Bluetooth support
#
# CONFIG_BT is not set
# CONFIG_NETPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
CONFIG_ISDN=m

#
# Old ISDN4Linux
#
# CONFIG_ISDN_I4L is not set

#
# CAPI subsystem
#
CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI=m
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1_VERBOSE_REASON=y
CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE=y
CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_CAPI20=m
CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS_BOOL=y
CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS=m

#
# CAPI hardware drivers
#

#
# Active AVM cards
#
CONFIG_CAPI_AVM=y
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1_B1PCI=m
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1_B1PCIV4=y
# CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1_B1PCMCIA is not set
# CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1_T1PCI is not set
# CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1_C4 is not set

#
# Active Eicon DIVA Server cards
#
# CONFIG_CAPI_EICON is not set

#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set

#
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input I/O drivers
#
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PARKBD is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2 is not set

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LKKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m
CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_MOUSE_VSXXXAA is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=m
CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=m

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD=y
# CONFIG_COMPUTONE is not set
# CONFIG_ROCKETPORT is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_DIGIEPCA is not set
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_MOXA_INTELLIO is not set
# CONFIG_MOXA_SMARTIO is not set
# CONFIG_ISI is not set
# CONFIG_SYNCLINK is not set
# CONFIG_SYNCLINKMP is not set
CONFIG_N_HDLC=m
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
# CONFIG_SX is not set
# CONFIG_RIO is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MULTIPORT is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA is not set

#
# Non-8250 serial port support
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
# CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_PPDEV=m
# CONFIG_TIPAR is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set

#
# IPMI
#
# CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set

#
# Watchdog Cards
#
CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT is not set

#
# Watchdog Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
# CONFIG_ACQUIRE_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_ADVANTECH_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_ALIM1535_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_ALIM7101_WDT is not set
CONFIG_AMD7XX_TCO=m
# CONFIG_SC520_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_EUROTECH_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_IB700_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_WAFER_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_I8XX_TCO is not set
# CONFIG_SC1200_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_SCx200_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_60XX_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_CPU5_WDT is not set
CONFIG_W83627HF_WDT=m
# CONFIG_W83877F_WDT is not set
# CONFIG_MACHZ_WDT is not set

#
# PCI-based Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_PCIPCWATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_WDTPCI is not set

#
# USB-based Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_USBPCWATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=m
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
CONFIG_RTC=m
CONFIG_GEN_RTC=m
CONFIG_GEN_RTC_X=y
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
# CONFIG_SONYPI is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=m
# CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_ATI is not set
CONFIG_AGP_AMD=m
# CONFIG_AGP_AMD64 is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL_MCH is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_EFFICEON is not set
# CONFIG_DRM is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
# CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER is not set
CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER=m

#
# I2C support
#
CONFIG_I2C=m
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=m

#
# I2C Algorithms
#
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCF=m

#
# I2C Hardware Bus support
#
# CONFIG_I2C_ALI1535 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_ALI15X3 is not set
CONFIG_I2C_AMD756=m
# CONFIG_I2C_AMD8111 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_I801 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_I810 is not set
CONFIG_I2C_ISA=m
# CONFIG_I2C_NFORCE2 is not set
CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT=m
# CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT_LIGHT is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_PIIX4 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_PROSAVAGE is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_SAVAGE4 is not set
# CONFIG_SCx200_ACB is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_SIS5595 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_SIS630 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_SIS96X is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_VIA is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_VIAPRO is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_VOODOO3 is not set

#
# Hardware Sensors Chip support
#
CONFIG_I2C_SENSOR=m
# CONFIG_SENSORS_ADM1021 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_ASB100 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_DS1621 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_FSCHER is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_GL518SM is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_IT87 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM75 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM78 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM80 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM83 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM85 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM90 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_VIA686A is not set
CONFIG_SENSORS_W83781D=m
# CONFIG_SENSORS_W83L785TS is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_W83627HF is not set

#
# Other I2C Chip support
#
CONFIG_SENSORS_EEPROM=m
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CORE is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_ALGO is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_BUS is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CHIP is not set

#
# Misc devices
#
# CONFIG_IBM_ASM is not set

#
# Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set

#
# Digital Video Broadcasting Devices
#
# CONFIG_DVB is not set

#
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
# CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
# CONFIG_FB_KYRO is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO is not set
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224 is not set

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m

#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set

#
# Generic devices
#
CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=m
CONFIG_SND_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_MTPAV=m
CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550=m
CONFIG_SND_MPU401=m

#
# PCI devices
#
CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m
# CONFIG_SND_ALI5451 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8810 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8820 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8830 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AZT3328 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_BT87X is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS46XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4281 is not set
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m
# CONFIG_SND_KORG1212 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MIXART is not set
# CONFIG_SND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME32 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME96 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME9652 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALS4000 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1938 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1968 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_FM801 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1712 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1724 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VX222 is not set

#
# ALSA USB devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set

#
# Open Sound System
#
# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set

#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y

#
# Miscellaneous USB options
#
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y
# CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set

#
# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=m
# CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD is not set

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH_TTY is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MIDI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PRINTER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE is not set

#
# USB Human Interface Devices (HID)
#
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_HID_FF is not set
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y

#
# USB HID Boot Protocol drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
# CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MTOUCH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_XPAD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ATI_REMOTE is not set

#
# USB Imaging devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set

#
# USB Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set

#
# Video4Linux support is needed for USB Multimedia device support
#

#
# USB Network adaptors
#
# CONFIG_USB_CATC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_USBNET is not set

#
# USB port drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set

#
# USB Serial Converter support
#
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set

#
# USB Miscellaneous drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EMI62 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TIGL is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LED is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TEST is not set

#
# USB Gadget Support
#
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_JBD=y
# CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_XFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_XFS_RT is not set
CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=y
# CONFIG_XFS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_QUOTACTL=y
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y

#
# CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
#
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set

#
# Pseudo filesystems
#
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
# CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
# CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
CONFIG_RAMFS=y

#
# Miscellaneous filesystems
#
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
# CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set

#
# Network File Systems
#
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
# CONFIG_NFS_V4 is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
# CONFIG_NFSD_V4 is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_EXPORTFS=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
# CONFIG_RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp437"
# CONFIG_CIFS is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set

#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m

#
# Profiling support
#
# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
# CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not set
CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y

#
# Security options
#
# CONFIG_SECURITY is not set

#
# Cryptographic options
#
CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD4=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m

#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_CRC32=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_X86_SMP=y
CONFIG_X86_HT=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y
CONFIG_X86_TRAMPOLINE=y
CONFIG_PC=y

Re: High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 06 April 2004 15:36, Joerg Sommrey wrote:
>Hello,
>
>some similar problems have already been reported.  However, this
> looks a bit different. With a large number of recent kernels (2.6.4
> and 2.6.5, mm-series and rc-series) the temperature of my CPUs is
> *much* higher than with 2.6.3-mm4 (and previous).  My board is a
> Tyan Tiger MPX with 2x Athlon 2000+ MP. The temperature is about
> 38-45 Celsius (on low load) with 2.6.3-mm4.  Later kernels show
> 48-55 Celsius.  I'm using amd76x_pm for power-saving (both
> linux-2.6-amd76x_pm-20031109.patch and patch-2.6.4-amd76x_pm).  At
> the moment this is not a big problem as 2.6.3-mm4 works perfect for
> me.  However, there might be future changes that make me wanting a
> newer kernel...
>
>I did some tests with nmi_watchdog and the proprietary Nvidia
> graphics driver and didn't find any impact.  There's no significant
> difference using no nmi_watchdog, nmi_watchdog=1 (only 2.6.3-mm4)
> or
>nmi_watchdog=2.  I also did some tests without an X server running:
>temperatures go down to the lower end but the difference of 10
> Kelvin between 2.6.3-mm4 and 2.6.5 persists. I didn't try any of
> the acpi kernel-parameters.
>
>See attached config for 2.6.5 for details.
>
>Any ideas?

Recently I've had to change the multiplier in gkrellm to reduce it by 
a div/10 to get the correct reading.  I've no idea how to make 
sensors see the new, multiplied by 10 readings correctly, I cannot 
make it run with later 2.6 kernels.

For gkrellm-2.1.28, the .28 version is needed by later kernels anyway, 
use the default, it apparently already corrects for this with its 
1.000 multiplier.  2.1.24, when it worked, had to have a multiplier 
of 0.1000.

But join the 70C club, that AMD athlon keeps itself at a medium simmer 
full time.  Mine has been running 67-72C for 3 years now.  Strangly, 
shutting down setiathome doesn't cool it by more than a couple 
degrees C.  And, its got a $50 all copper Glaciator cooler on it, 
heavy heavy heavy.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
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by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

Re: High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Joerg Sommrey]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 04:26:37PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> But join the 70C club, that AMD athlon keeps itself at a medium simmer 
> full time.  Mine has been running 67-72C for 3 years now.  Strangly, 
> shutting down setiathome doesn't cool it by more than a couple 
> degrees C.  And, its got a $50 all copper Glaciator cooler on it, 
> heavy heavy heavy.

That's not quite my point.  I am not afraid of running my athlons at
70C.  I just don't want to.  With Debian Woody they ran at <40C, which
is impressing IMHO.  An upgrade to Sarge raised the temp for about 5K,
which is still very cool.  This temperature didn't change when I
upgraded to an early 2.6 kernel.  Just after 2.6.3-mm4 there was this
jump for 10K that I just do not understand.  It doesn't hurt the athlons
but seems unnecessary to me.

-jo

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Re: High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 06 April 2004 16:45, Joerg Sommrey wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 04:26:37PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> But join the 70C club, that AMD athlon keeps itself at a medium
>> simmer full time.  Mine has been running 67-72C for 3 years now. 
>> Strangly, shutting down setiathome doesn't cool it by more than a
>> couple degrees C.  And, its got a $50 all copper Glaciator cooler
>> on it, heavy heavy heavy.
>
>That's not quite my point.  I am not afraid of running my athlons at
>70C.  I just don't want to.  With Debian Woody they ran at <40C,
> which is impressing IMHO.  An upgrade to Sarge raised the temp for
> about 5K, which is still very cool.  This temperature didn't change
> when I upgraded to an early 2.6 kernel.  Just after 2.6.3-mm4 there
> was this jump for 10K that I just do not understand.  It doesn't
> hurt the athlons but seems unnecessary to me.
>
>-jo

40C?  Shut down for an hour to cool, I've never seen the post on my 
board show less than 63C by the time it gets to that part of the 
bios.  I'm running a 1400DX at 1400mhz, so the bios thinks its a 
1600DX, and I've got vcore set down to 1.65 volts which helps a bit.

Actually, the athlons seem to have a builtin shutdown at 75C, I've hit 
that once or 3 times when the air under the desk was trapped worse 
than usual.  Makes for downright ugly reboots...

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
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Re: High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Pasi Savolainen]

* Joerg Sommrey <jo@sommrey.de>:
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 04:26:37PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> 
>> But join the 70C club, that AMD athlon keeps itself at a medium simmer 
>> full time.  Mine has been running 67-72C for 3 years now.  Strangly, 
>> shutting down setiathome doesn't cool it by more than a couple 
>> degrees C.  And, its got a $50 all copper Glaciator cooler on it, 
>> heavy heavy heavy.
>
> That's not quite my point.  I am not afraid of running my athlons at
> 70C.  I just don't want to.  With Debian Woody they ran at <40C, which
> is impressing IMHO.  An upgrade to Sarge raised the temp for about 5K,
> which is still very cool.  This temperature didn't change when I
> upgraded to an early 2.6 kernel.  Just after 2.6.3-mm4 there was this
> jump for 10K that I just do not understand.  It doesn't hurt the athlons
> but seems unnecessary to me.

At least on A7M266-D lmsensors read thermal sensors very wrong. I
haven't got time to contact devs with that, but I do know for sure that
amd76x_pm really does make cooling calls, even in 2.6.5-rc3-mm3
(There should be /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:00.0/C2_cnt file,
which tells how many times has amd76x_pm really made the disconnection call).

One issue is that from some kernel version amd76x_pm's idle() is called
upto 3.5x times more often when there's some audio activity. So in
effect number of calls to default_idle() jumps from 1100Hz to 3800Hz.
(this is reproducible with 'rhytmbox' -application, but not with xmms.
AFAIK my xmms uses OSS emulation and rhytmbox is native alsa.)

Ahem. Could you actually try:
echo 3 > /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:00.0/lazy_idle

This could help gaining 5-8°C. HZ changed from 100 to 1000 in 2.6, so
amd76x_pm old default doesn't apply overly well here. 

There's some funniness going on with this tunable. It doesn't really
affect how many times/second we call amd76x_pm.idle(), but rather how
easily we go into sleep (no sleep if both CPU's aren't idle).
With lazy_idle at 3 I get bad distortions with bttv card. with 3000 they
disappear, but so does the thermal throttling :)

(Sorry for lack of coherence right now)

-- 
   Psi -- <http://www.iki.fi/pasi.savolainen>

Re: High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Joerg Sommrey]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 05:57:54PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >That's not quite my point.  I am not afraid of running my athlons at
> >70C.  I just don't want to.  With Debian Woody they ran at <40C,
> > which is impressing IMHO.  An upgrade to Sarge raised the temp for
> > about 5K, which is still very cool.  This temperature didn't change
> > when I upgraded to an early 2.6 kernel.  Just after 2.6.3-mm4 there
> > was this jump for 10K that I just do not understand.  It doesn't
> > hurt the athlons but seems unnecessary to me.
> >
> >-jo
> 
> 40C?  Shut down for an hour to cool, I've never seen the post on my 
> board show less than 63C by the time it gets to that part of the 
> bios.  I'm running a 1400DX at 1400mhz, so the bios thinks its a 
> 1600DX, and I've got vcore set down to 1.65 volts which helps a bit.
Do you use anything besides a fan to keep your processors cool?  I've no
experience with athlons on UP machines, but amd76x_pm does a good job on
MPs.  I'm not joking: lmsensors sometimes reports 38C on low load.
> 
> Actually, the athlons seem to have a builtin shutdown at 75C, I've hit 
> that once or 3 times when the air under the desk was trapped worse 
> than usual.  Makes for downright ugly reboots...
Seems like athlon 2000+ MPs are more robust.  Playing cube rises
temperature to 78C without any problems.

-jo

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Re: High CPU temp on Athlon MP w/ recent 2.6 kernels

[Joerg Sommrey]

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In linux.kernel you write:

>At least on A7M266-D lmsensors read thermal sensors very wrong. I
>haven't got time to contact devs with that, but I do know for sure that
>amd76x_pm really does make cooling calls, even in 2.6.5-rc3-mm3
>(There should be /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:00.0/C2_cnt file,
>which tells how many times has amd76x_pm really made the disconnection call).

lmsensors might be correct here as there is a sample config from Tyan
for my board.  C2_cnt shows that amd76x_pm is indeed working. 
Otherwise I had expected a much higher temperature.

>One issue is that from some kernel version amd76x_pm's idle() is called
>upto 3.5x times more often when there's some audio activity. So in
>effect number of calls to default_idle() jumps from 1100Hz to 3800Hz.
>(this is reproducible with 'rhytmbox' -application, but not with xmms.
>AFAIK my xmms uses OSS emulation and rhytmbox is native alsa.)

>Ahem. Could you actually try:
>echo 3 > /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:00.0/lazy_idle

Did that.

>This could help gaining 5-8°C. HZ changed from 100 to 1000 in 2.6, so
>amd76x_pm old default doesn't apply overly well here.

Bingo! Currently running 2.6.5-mm1 at 42.0/43.5°C!

>There's some funniness going on with this tunable. It doesn't really
>affect how many times/second we call amd76x_pm.idle(), but rather how
>easily we go into sleep (no sleep if both CPU's aren't idle).
>With lazy_idle at 3 I get bad distortions with bttv card. with 3000 they
>disappear, but so does the thermal throttling :)

>(Sorry for lack of coherence right now)

Wouldn't be a bad idea to document this :-)

Thanks!

-jo
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