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From: Mr. Chow Wing Siu on 9 Oct 2008 10:20
Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik(a)Sun.COM> wrote:
> There's nothing to fix.
> The kernel complaints about no support for changing the CPU frequency
> (powersaving).
> Apparently, that doesn't work on your system and the kernel
> should realize and should not log an error.
> There's a VERY small change that your BIOS disabled speedtep/powernow
> and in that case you need to change that from your BIOS.
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I have 3 identical servers. Only one has such warning.

How come?

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Johnson Chow
From: Andrew Gabriel on 9 Oct 2008 09:59
In article <gcl3ui$nec$1(a)net44p.hkbu.edu.hk>,
"Mr. Chow Wing Siu" <wschow(a)Comp.HKBU.Edu.HK> writes:
> Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik(a)Sun.COM> wrote:
>> There's nothing to fix.
>> The kernel complaints about no support for changing the CPU frequency
>> (powersaving).
>> Apparently, that doesn't work on your system and the kernel
>> should realize and should not log an error.
>> There's a VERY small change that your BIOS disabled speedtep/powernow
>> and in that case you need to change that from your BIOS.
> -----------------------------------
>
> I have 3 identical servers. Only one has such warning.
>
> How come?

BIOS versions?
BIOS settings?
Motherboard revisions?
CPU revisions?

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Andrew Gabriel
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From: Mr. Chow Wing Siu on 9 Oct 2008 10:43
Andrew Gabriel <andrew(a)cucumber.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> BIOS versions?
> BIOS settings?
> Motherboard revisions?
> CPU revisions?
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It's the HP Server. Xeon Quad-core E7330 2.4GHz.

I don't know how to read any settings because it's not a PC.

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Johnson Chow
From: Casper H.S. Dik on 9 Oct 2008 14:29
"Mr. Chow Wing Siu" <wschow(a)Comp.HKBU.Edu.HK> writes:

>Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik(a)Sun.COM> wrote:
>> There's nothing to fix.
>> The kernel complaints about no support for changing the CPU frequency
>> (powersaving).
>> Apparently, that doesn't work on your system and the kernel
>> should realize and should not log an error.
>> There's a VERY small change that your BIOS disabled speedtep/powernow
>> and in that case you need to change that from your BIOS.
>-----------------------------------

>I have 3 identical servers. Only one has such warning.

>How come?

Same OS release? Exact same CPUs/BIOS?

Casper
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