Re: Help Me Please

[Eric Piel <Eric.Piel@lifl.fr>]

07/28/2005 03:53 PM, gabri wrote/a écrit:
> I have a laptop. Is amd mobile SEMPRON but when I
> ejecute cpufreq say this:
>
> analyzing CPU 0:
>   no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
>
> I remcompiled a lot of kernel" 2.6.12.3 2.6.8 etc"
> witch support for cpu scaling but when i am triying
> load a module powernow-k8 say this error:
> powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron
> processors (version 1.00.09b)
> powernow-k8: BIOS error: maxvid exceeded with pstate
> 0
>
> and with powernow-k7: powernow: This module only
> works
> with AMD K7 CPUs
> mi claptop isn't overcloked and i don't know how fix
> the problem.

Hello,

According to the message, it's clear that powernow-k8 fits your CPU. I 
don't know the meaning of the error message, though.

First, have you upgraded your BIOS to the latest available version?

Also, you might have better feedback if you contact the cpufreq 
mailing-list: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk

Eric
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