Are all cores unlocked?

[JD]

On 09/22/2010 06:05 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor	: 0
> vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
> cpu family	: 16
> model		: 4
> model name	: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor
> stepping	: 3
> cpu MHz		: 800.000
> cache size	: 512 KB
> physical id	: 0
> siblings	: 2
> core id		: 0
> cpu cores	: 2
> apicid		: 0
> initial apicid	: 0
> fdiv_bug	: no
> hlt_bug		: no
> f00f_bug	: no
> coma_bug	: no
> fpu		: yes
> fpu_exception	: yes
> cpuid level	: 5
> wp		: yes
> flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
> pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid
> pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm
> sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt npt lbrv svm_lock
> nrip_save
> bogomips	: 6399.37
> clflush size	: 64
> cache_alignment	: 64
> address sizes	: 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
>
> processor	: 1
> vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
> cpu family	: 16
> model		: 4
> model name	: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor
> stepping	: 3
> cpu MHz		: 3200.000
> cache size	: 512 KB
> physical id	: 0
> siblings	: 2
> core id		: 1
> cpu cores	: 2
> apicid		: 1
> initial apicid	: 1
> fdiv_bug	: no
> hlt_bug		: no
> f00f_bug	: no
> coma_bug	: no
> fpu		: yes
> fpu_exception	: yes
> cpuid level	: 5
> wp		: yes
> flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
> pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid
> pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm
> sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt npt lbrv svm_lock
> nrip_save
> bogomips	: 6400.39
> clflush size	: 64
> cache_alignment	: 64
> address sizes	: 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
>
>

On my notebook, which has an old 2.2 GHz athlon65 uniicore (3700+),
cpuinfo shows cpu MHz as 798.103

Does that mean that as I am typing this message, the cpu is running
at only 790MHz??
How an I speed it up?