[Cpufreqd-user] cpufreqd bugs

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I have problems with 2 machines - one with an Intel Duo (first listing) and 
another with an AMD Athlon64 (second listing). My Dell laptop with a Pentium-M 
seems to be working OK though. The Intel Duo board has the latest BIOS. I 
tried to update the BIOS in the Athlon64 board but the latest BIOS "killed" my 
ethernet (VIA chipset) so I had to roll back to the original BIOS.

[shirley99cr@shirley ~]$ dmesg | grep cpufreq
cpufreqd[2129]: segfault at 1c ip b7e60244 sp bfc03adc error 4 in 
libsysfs.so.2.0.1[b7e5b000+b000]
[shirley99cr@shirley ~]$ su -c "/sbin/service cpufreqd status"
Password:
cpufreqd dead but subsys locked
[shirley99cr@shirley ~]$ uname -a
Linux shirley 2.6.27.5-desktop-2mnb #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 15:20:32 EST 2008 i686 
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz GNU/Linux
[shirley99cr@shirley ~]$ rpm -qa | grep cpufreqd
libcpufreqd-2.3.3-1mdv2009.0
cpufreqd-2.3.3-1mdv2009.0
[shirley99cr@shirley ~]$ cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 005: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006
Report errors and bugs to cp...@vg..., please.
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0
  hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.20 GHz
  available frequency steps: 2.20 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, 
performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.20 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz.
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1
  hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.20 GHz
  available frequency steps: 2.20 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, 
performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.20 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz.


Athlon64 box:

[n0sq@server2 ~]$ cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 005: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006
Report errors and bugs to cp...@vg..., please.    
analyzing CPU 0:                                              
  driver: powernow-k8                                         
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0     
  hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz                        
  available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1000 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, 
performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.00 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 1000 MHz.
[n0sq@server2 ~]$ dmesg | grep powernow
powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ processors (1 cpu 
cores)(version 2.20.00)
powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x2
powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0x6
powernow-k8:    2 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12
powernow-k8: ph2 null fid transition 0xc
powernow-k8: Hardware error - pending bit very stuck - no further pstate 
changes possible
powernow-k8: transition frequency failed
powernow-k8: failing targ, change pending bit set
powernow-k8: error - out of sync, fix 0x2 0xc, vid 0x0 0x0
powernow-k8: ph2 null fid transition 0xc
[n0sq@server2 ~]$ dmesg | grep cpufreqd
cpufreqd[2053]: segfault at 1c ip b80bc244 sp bf8e607c error 4 in 
libsysfs.so.2.0.1[b80b7000+b000]
[n0sq@server2 ~]$ su -c "/sbin/service cpufreqd status"
Password:
cpufreqd dead but subsys locked
[n0sq@server2 ~]$ uname -a
Linux server2 2.6.27.4-desktop-2mnb #1 SMP Thu Nov 6 13:00:14 EST 2008 i686 
AMDAthlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ GNU/Linux
[n0sq@server2 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep cpufreqd
cpufreqd-2.3.3-1mdv2009.0
libcpufreqd-2.3.3-1mdv2009.0