Problems with CPU throttling on HP 15-n066us laptop

Ian Smith smithi at nimnet.asn.au
Sat Aug 20 14:44:44 UTC 2016


On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 09:50:22 -0400, am_dxer at fastmail.fm wrote:
 > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016, at 09:14 AM, Anthony Jenkins wrote:
 > > Try this patch, that's what I'm running.

 > I applied this patch to the latest 11 source and built my kernel and now
 > I have cpu throttling on the AMD machine. I see the Cool'n'Quiet 2.0
 > driver attach and have frequencies in dev.cpu. The fans now run at a
 > much lower speed and I am saving upwards of 4 watts when running on
 > battery power. Thank you so much for this patch and to everyone else for
 > the suggestions on this issue. It is such a great feeling to know that
 > now I can use FreeBSD on my new laptop.

That's great news.  More good work, Anthony.

Is there a PR for this issue/fix?  It would be good to see this patch 
reviewed and headed into the tree, no?

cheers, Ian


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