Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: powernow-k8 and non-standard multipliers | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:06:16 -0600 | From | "Langsdorf, Mark" <> |
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> I've just upgraded to an X2 5000+ black edition. This model > doesn't have a multiple lock and I tried bumping the multiplier > up, which is perfectly stable, but which causes powernow-k8 to > fail to load. I also tried with the updated patch you posted > at the beginning of october (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/9/224) > which didn't make a difference. > > Is it possible to make the driver work in this situation or does > a non-standard multipler inherently mean that powernow stops > working?
The standard PowerNow! driver, by design, will stop working in this situation. I'm not going to support a driver that allows non-standard multipliers because it could cause a lot of hard to debug maintenance issues.
-Mark Langsdorf Operating System Research Center AMD
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