PowerNow! for AMD64 CPU's
Hello!
I'm wondering if there are currently developed or planned drivers for AMD CPU scalling technology in Haiku (PowerNow!)? I have an AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 processor inside ASUS M51Tr notebook and it's not supported.
I see, there is an old driver for AMD64's PowerNow! on http://www.bebits.com/app/4270, but it's not developed and it's intended for one notebook. I didn't try to edit source, because I lack for knowledge about low-level programming with processors (so I don't want to destroy anything).
Is there a PowerNow! driver project currently? I can provide some debug informations to bug tracker or report new bug, about my CPU and ACPI platform.
Thanks in advance for reply!
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PS. Sorry for my poor English - I'm not native speaker.
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Re: PowerNow! for AMD64 CPU's
Haiku will eventually get AMD CPU scaling technology ( power management ). This may happen in R2 or R1 release. Not for awhile. Just sit back, relax and eventually you'll see it - may take years so be prepared to wait for it.
http://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/FutureHaikuFeatures
Re: PowerNow! for AMD64 CPU's
Thanks for reply!
I hope, it will be as soon as possible - CPU throttling is one of the most required functions for working on notebook.
Re: PowerNow! for AMD64 CPU's
I've enjoyed playing with Haiku since the alpha release and I look forward to greater hardware support.
But... The best way to throttle your cpu is to switch to a smartbook. ;)
I'd really like to see ARM take a bite out of x86.
Re: PowerNow! for AMD64 CPU's
I agree. Now show me a smartbook I can actually buy. :)
Re: PowerNow! for AMD64 CPU's
LOL, thanks for good advice :P
Buying a new, expensive hardware just to have support in free, open source software was never understandable for me...