Bug 90593 - IBM ThinkPad T40 Pentium-M Always Minimum MHz
Summary: IBM ThinkPad T40 Pentium-M Always Minimum MHz
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 9
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-05-10 00:51 UTC by ammulder
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-05-19 00:26:58 UTC
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Description ammulder 2003-05-10 00:51:04 UTC
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Description of problem:
I just laid hands on a new IBM ThinkPad T40.  It is a Pentium-M model.  In the
BIOS, I set the power saving mode on the CPU to "automatic", which is supposed
to turn the MHz up when necessary and down when not.  In Windows, it lives at
~600 MHz normally, and if I start a compile, jumps to 1600 MHz immediately and
is extremely responsive, and returns to ~600 MHz when compile completes.  In Red
Hat Linux 9, it lives at 600MHz always, judging by /proc/cpuinfo.  If I start
the same compile, the mouse and keyboard become extremely unresponsive
(10-30secs between events), and /proc/cpuinfo still shows ~600MHz.

If I go into the BIOS and set the CPU power saving to "optimal performance", it
runs at 1600MHz always (again, judging by responsiveness and /proc/cpuinfo), but
the battery life is significantly shorter (30%+).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.20-9 apmd-3.0.2-18

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In BIOS, set CPU power saving to "automatic"
2. Boot into Red Hat 9
3. Run a large compile
    

Actual Results:  mouse and keyboard are extremely unresponsive, /proc/cpuinfo
shows ~600 MHz

Expected Results:  UI responsive, /proc/cpuinfo shows ~1600MHz during compile,
returning to ~600 Mz afterward

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-05-19 00:26:39 UTC
Without information on Intel on the Pentium-M frequency scaling, this won't work
under Linux. Basically, it will be stuck at whatever speed it booted at (600Mhz
for battery, full speed for AC.)


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