[CentOS] compaq r4000 /proc/cpuinfo reports 997 and should be 2400
David Thompson
thomas at cs.wisc.edu
Tue Dec 13 20:12:44 UTC 2005
Jerry Geis wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have a compaq R4000 with the 2.4GIG AMD 64 bit. 4000+ rated.
>proc cpuinfo reports
>
>cpu Mhz as 997.481
>
>Do I have to run the 64 bit version to have things run correctly?
>I just have the normal 4.2 loaded at this time.
>
>The laptop seems slow for 4000+ as reflected by the cpu Mhz also.
>
>Any thoughts on running the 32 bit version of 4.2 vs the 64 bit version
>of 4.2?
See AMD "Cool'n'Quiet" which reduces the CPU speed when not under load (and/or
on 'niced' processes). You can disable the cpuspeed init to make it always
run at the maximum speed.
Dave Thompson
UW-Madison
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