Default CPU speed to 800Mhz on 2G Surf
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 800MHz in the Asus eeePC 701 2G Surf is still running at 571Mhz and is not doing cpu scaling.
This has been tested in Gutsy, Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic, Lucid and now in Maverick Alpha 3. The kernels in these releases all run the CPU as 571Mhz.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 16'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC662 rev1'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0662,
Controls : 13
Simple ctrls : 8
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 700
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
Regression: No
RelatedPackageV
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: lucid kconfig needs-upstream-
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
WifiSyslog:
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0401
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 700
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: 700
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Expired |
description: | updated |
What you are talking about isn't really a bug but rather a wishlist feature. You are saying "please overclock my machine by default". While it could well be that this is safe in your experience, defaulting to the faster speed was never supported by the manufacturer (hence the reason why this is overclocking) so it it would be unwise for Ubuntu to override this (at least by default).
Another downside is that patches to support overclocking are not likely to ever make it into a stock kernel (overclocking is renown for causing frustrating, intermittent and difficult to debug issues - http:// people. redhat. com/davej/ hardware- problems. txt) so you I'd guess your best hope is for Ubuntu devs to patch in overclocking support for the 70x series from now on. If this feature does go in, whoever does it should ensure that it is only for the 70x series of EeePCs as other models default to higher clock speeds out of the box or have entirely different CPUs.
I hope this helps.
Punting from Ubuntu -> linux (as this is a kernel wishlist issue).