On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 19:05 -0500, Jim Perrin wrote: > > ...just wondering what that msg means...was hitting really regular then > > stopped...like it was hitting /var/log/messages bout every 3 secs > > > > > > Bit of googling turned up a statement from the AMD kids that says the following > We've started seeing this internally in AMD QA. The bit > that the processor uses to indicate that it is in the > process of changing frequencies (aka the pending change > bit) is not clearing. The powernow-k8 driver cannot > change frequencies until the previous change has completed. > > Because this is happening on the hardware side, my best > guess is that the problem is not software related. We've > reported the problem to the AMD hardware debug team and > they're investigating. I'll put out a patch when we have > a solution. > > -Mark Langsdorf > AMD, Inc. > > > The other information I've seen says that it's likely related to > processor speed stepping and not recovering properly etc. kk I got this powernow-k8 to repeat. I run off a kvm switch. if I say, leave kwrite /var/log/messages @ full screen...no matter if I switch computers...that msg will not log. if I x out the messages log...leave that computer ...only a small window of the console is open...then I come back and bring up the log file...the powernow msgs are back... this is all for what it's worth thx John Rose