Bug 748062 - v7 1.4 R34 cpuscaling selects wrong measurement method
Summary: v7 1.4 R34 cpuscaling selects wrong measurement method
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Hardware Certification Program
Classification: Retired
Component: Test Suite (tests)
Version: 1.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Greg Nichols
QA Contact: Guangze Bai
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-10-21 20:59 UTC by Greg Nichols
Modified: 2015-02-08 21:37 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-11-08 15:43:25 UTC

Attachments (Terms of Use)
cpuscaling patch on R34 to fix aperf/mperf support logic (1.01 KB, patch)
2011-10-21 21:02 UTC, Greg Nichols 		no flags Details | Diff
cpuscaling patch to check/load module cpuid on RHEL5 (497 bytes, patch)
2011-10-26 19:59 UTC, Greg Nichols 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1436 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE v7 bug fix and enhancement update 2011-11-08 23:28:41 UTC

Description Greg Nichols 2011-10-21 20:59:00 UTC 
Description of problem:

v7 1.4 R34 selects the wrong measurement method on RHEL6.  The test checks /dev/cpu/0/cpuid for aperf/mperf, but the logic is inverted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

v7 1.4 R34
Comment 2 Greg Nichols 2011-10-21 21:02:25 UTC 
Created attachment 529569 [details]
cpuscaling patch on R34 to fix aperf/mperf support logic
Comment 4 Greg Nichols 2011-10-26 19:59:32 UTC 
Created attachment 530374 [details]
cpuscaling patch to check/load module cpuid on RHEL5

It seems that on RHEL 5 i386, the test needs to check and load both msr and cpuid modules to check and use aperf/mperf.
Comment 5 Greg Nichols 2011-10-26 19:59:56 UTC 
The above patch is on R35.
Comment 6 Greg Nichols 2011-10-26 20:04:46 UTC 
Committed patch on R35 to R36
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-11-08 15:43:25 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1436.html
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