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

[Antonello Cruz]

Mark Haywood wrote:
> Antonello Cruz wrote:
>> Since I cannot type (apparently) here is what happens:
>> If I suspend/resume, after resume powertop report max P-state 
>> (2001Mhz(turbo) 100%) and it seems the system is stuck at that cpu 
>> frequency. This is confirmed with
>>    kstat -m cpu_info -s current_clock_Hz
>>
>> If I unplug the power supply, the cpu frequency drops to 800MHz. When 
>> I plug the power supply back in, the frequency goes up to 2001Mhz and 
>> gradually goes down to 800MHz again. Frequencies in all steps are 
>> confirmed with
>>     kstat -m cpu_info -s current_clock_Hz
> 
> Folks really ought to use powertop instead of the current_clock_Hz kstat 
> now. Unfortunately, I think current_clock_Hz will be a confusing kstat 
> now that PAD has integrated. You might still see that you are not 
> leaving the 2001MHz P-state, but I would verify with /usr/bin/powertop.
I guess I wasn't clear... sorry for that. I actually used both, powertop 
*and* kstat -m cpu_info -s current_clock_Hz

Antonello