New: Frequency scaling not working after BIOS upgrade on Asus F3jc
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9558
Summary: Frequency scaling not working after BIOS upgrade on Asus
F3jc
Product: Power Management
Version: 2.5
KernelVersion: 2.6.23.1-custom
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: low
Priority: P1
Component: cpufreq
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: n/a
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
Hardware Environment: Asus F3jc
Software Environment: n/a
Problem Description: Frequency scaling is not working after bios version 206 on my Asus f3jc laptop (and probably on many others Asus laptops)
Steps to reproduce:
BIOS images are located here -> ftp://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F3Jc/ (mostly down, at 5 o'clock is the right time to login :p)
/etc/init.d/powernowd: 156: cannot create /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0//cpufreq/scaling_governor: Directory nonexistent
* CPU frequency scaling not supported
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[Bug 9558] Frequency scaling not working after BIOS upgrade on Asus F3jc
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dmesg log
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lspci log
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------- Comment #4 from [email protected] 2007-12-14 00:22 ------- The errors in the dmesg log about incorrect checksums on ACPI tables don't really inspire confidence.
I don't see any signs in the log that you've loaded the acpi-cpufreq module at all. Do you have CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ set ?
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[Bug 9558] Frequency scaling not working after BIOS upgrade on Asus F3jc
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------- Comment #5 from [email protected] 2007-12-14 01:44 ------- I have done some tests, and a strange behavior occurs:
The first time the kernel try to load the acpi-cpufreq module:
ACPI Exception (exoparg2-0442): AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Index (0FFFFFFFC) is beyond end of object [20070126]
ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_PR_.CPU1._PSS] (Node df925cd8), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT
ACPI Exception (processor_perflib-0234): AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Evaluating _PSS [20070126]
ACPI Exception (exoparg2-0442): AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Index (0FFFFFFFC) is beyond end of object [20070126]
ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_PR_.CPU2._PSS] (Node df925ee8), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT
ACPI Exception (processor_perflib-0234): AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Evaluating _PSS [20070126]
with consequent Cannot insert module (Device not found)
If I retry to load the module a second time, it works.
Could be something solvable or should I damn Asus for making clueless BIOSes?
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[Bug 9558] AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Evaluating _PSS - Frequency scaling not working after BIOS upgrade on Asus F3jc
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Status|NEEDINFO |NEW
Component|cpufreq |Power-Processor
Product|Power Management |ACPI
Summary|Frequency scaling not |AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT,
|working after BIOS upgrade |Evaluating _PSS - Frequency
|on Asus F3jc |scaling not working after
| |BIOS upgrade on Asus F3jc------- Comment #6 from [email protected] 2007-12-14 14:49 ------- please attach the output from acpidump.
if possible, it would be great to get it when running
both the new broken BIOS, and again with the old working BIOS.
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