[indiana-discuss] b111a: Power Management and nwam-issue ?

[Mark Haywood]

Bill Nesheim wrote:
> Detlef Drewanz at Sun.COM wrote:
>> Hi,
>> with b111a now I can boot again my Toshiba M9.
>>
>> 1.I discoverred that Power Management seems no longer to work.
>> (The fan is blowing like hell and "kstat -m cpu_info" shows in
>> currentClock_Hz 2001000000
>> but
>> supported_frequencies_Hz
>> 800000000:1200000000:1600000000:2000000000:2001000000
>>
>> New Bug with b111a ?
>
> My R600 now boots as well with 101a, but I see much the same thing.   
> System is idle, on battery power, but seems to be running at full speed:
>
> nesheim at billn:~$ mpstat 5
> CPU minf mjf xcal  intr ithr  csw icsw migr smtx  srw syscl  usr sys  
> wt idl
>  0  179   0    8   328  113  237    5   18    5    0   970    2   2   
> 0  96
>  1  165   0   12   137   67  243    8   18    5    0   979    2   2   
> 0  97
> CPU minf mjf xcal  intr ithr  csw icsw migr smtx  srw syscl  usr sys  
> wt idl
>  0 1170   0    6   468  228  482    5   50   23    0  3519    3   5   
> 0  93
>  1  811   0   35   141   67  526    7   45   23    0  1358    2   4   
> 0  93
> CPU minf mjf xcal  intr ithr  csw icsw migr smtx  srw syscl  usr sys  
> wt idl
>  0    0   0    2   308  103  163    1   16    2    0   394    1   1   
> 0  98
>  1    0   0    5   125   65  191    3   16    2    0  2066    1   1   
> 0  99
> ^C
> nesheim at billn:~$ pfexec kstat -m cpu_info | grep _Hz
>    current_clock_Hz                1401000000
>    supported_frequencies_Hz        
> 800000000:1200000000:1400000000:1401000000
>    current_clock_Hz                1401000000
>    supported_frequencies_Hz        
> 800000000:1200000000:1400000000:1401000000
> nesheim at billn:~$ uname -a
> SunOS billn 5.11 snv_111a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
> nesheim at billn:~$
> nesheim at billn:~$ prtdiag
> System Configuration: TOSHIBA PORTEGE R600
> BIOS Configuration: TOSHIBA Version 1.80 02/20/2009

The current_clock_Hz is a little deceiving. The Power Aware Dispatcher 
results in much more frequent P-State transitions. Try running 
/usr/bin/powertop for better information.

Mark


> ...
>
>
>
>>
>> 2. I also have the impression that the boot up is much more disk-io
>> intensiv and takes much more time (can't identify yet directly)
>>
>> 3. Also: After the boot I see dhcpagent/1 consuming 50 % CPU (looks like
>> 1 core) and the nwam applet will not show up in the gnome panel. I first
>> have to "kill -9" the dhcpagent, then the nwam applet comes up and the
>> cpu consuming goes away.
>> (Ok, that looks like a known bug)
>>
>> Any comments ? Anyone else seeing this too.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Detlef
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