POWERNOW-K8; MP systems not supported by PSB BIOS

Petr Benes Petr.Benes at utef.cvut.cz
Sun Aug 12 07:26:33 UTC 2007


>> Fair enough.  But it leaves the question, "what does the warning want me
>> to do and how do I do it?"
> The warning is telling you that your BIOS does not properly support
> POWERNOW-K8. From what little I have read about it, the kernel will
> try a fallback method to give the same functionality. If it can not
> do that, then you may not get the power-saving and noise reduction
> benefits that you would if it were working. You may be able to get a
> BIOS update that fixes the problem, or you may have to live with the
> warning. It is also possible that a later kernel will be better able
> to handle this. (A proper fix would be a BIOS update that follows
> the standards properly, but who knows  if that will happen.)

Enable AMD "Cool end quiet" in the mobo bios and it fixes the problem, 
which doesn't need any fix at all.

Cheers Petr




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