Having been using Debian 64bit on AMD server as a gateway/fileserver with samba for a while, the ondemand governor is working perfectly fine:
========================================================== cpufreq-info cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Report errors and bugs to cpuf...@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: powernow-k8 CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 8.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.50 GHz available frequency steps: 1.50 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1000 MHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: userspace, conservative, powersave, ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.50 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 1.50 GHz:0.25%, 1.30 GHz:0.01%, 1000 MHz:0.00%, 800 MHz:99.73% (140984) analyzing CPU 1: driver: powernow-k8 CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1 maximum transition latency: 8.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.50 GHz available frequency steps: 1.50 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1000 MHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: userspace, conservative, powersave, ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.50 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 1.50 GHz:0.17%, 1.30 GHz:0.03%, 1000 MHz:0.01%, 800 MHz:99.79% (129276) ===================================================================== >________________________________ > From: Michael <codejod...@gmx.ch> >To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org >Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:37 AM >Subject: Re: Measures against overheating > > > >Thanks for the info ! Indeed, on my laptops it just worked fine since long. >However, i was talking about a PC (always ON AC) and there, i needed to >install the daemon to have the CPU actually scaled. Or at least i did not know >hot to user-configure the kernel driver. The cpufreqd config is easy to grok. > >As i said, it's experimental, to save energy and reduce heat. I don't feel any >performance loss since then. It's a 3.2.x kernel btw, i just downgraded to >testing after i nearly screwed the box with too heavy version/arch experiments. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130411153715.3850b...@mirrors.kernel.org > > > >
