Piledriver Opteron AMD's and Full-Load-Turbo on OS13.1

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#1

Dear Opensuse 13.1 Users:
According to what I read, within temperature constraints, I should be able to get my 6386SE’s above the default 2.8GHz clock up to around 3.2GHz. In my BIOS, this appears to require “Core Performance Boost” enabled, which it is, but I don’t thing cpufrequtils supports this. It reports 2.8GHz as the max clock available.

What I’m wondering is if anyone has gotten their 63xx Opterons up to the Full Load Turbo rating, and, if so, how did you do it? Is this something that the *nix community has embraced yet?

Thank You Very Much!

EDIT: per cpufreq-aperf I guess I am getting turbo…

TYAN4:/home/patti # cpufreq-aperf
CPU     Average freq(KHz)       Time in C0      Time in Cx      C0 percentage
000     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
001     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
002     3024000                 00 sec 039 ms   00 sec 960 ms   03
003     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
004     2968000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
005     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
006     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
007     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
008     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
009     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
010     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
011     2968000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
012     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
013     2912000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
014     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
015     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
016     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
017     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
018     2940000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
019     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
020     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
021     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
022     2968000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
023     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
024     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
025     2968000                 00 sec 023 ms   00 sec 976 ms   02
026     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
027     2996000                 00 sec 061 ms   00 sec 938 ms   06
028     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
029     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
030     2996000                 00 sec 025 ms   00 sec 974 ms   02
031     3024000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
032     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
033     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
034     2996000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
035     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
036     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
037     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
038     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
039     2912000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
040     2968000                 00 sec 001 ms   00 sec 998 ms   00
041     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
042     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
043     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
044     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
045     2968000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
046     3052000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
047     2940000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
048     2968000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
049     3080000                 01 sec 000 ms   6588122883 sec 467 ms   100
050     3080000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
051     3080000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
052     3080000                 01 sec 000 ms   6588122883 sec 467 ms   100
053     2912000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
054     3024000                 00 sec 001 ms   00 sec 998 ms   00
055     3080000                 01 sec 000 ms   6588122883 sec 467 ms   100
056     3080000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
057     3080000                 00 sec 999 ms   00 sec 000 ms   99
058     3080000                 01 sec 000 ms   6588122883 sec 467 ms   100
059     2912000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
060     2940000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
061     3080000                 01 sec 000 ms   6588122883 sec 467 ms   100
062     2912000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
063     3080000                 01 sec 000 ms   6588122883 sec 467 ms   100
#2

There was a recent post about the wrong freq being reported in another utility. I don’t think it was resolved.

#3

Oh, OK. Your comment made me think to check in idle mode - when nothing but KDE is running… This certainly looks right. The minimum “idling” speed is nominally 1.4GHz, so this looks accurate to me.:slight_smile:


000     1372000                 00 sec 042 ms   00 sec 957 ms   04
001     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
002     1400000                 00 sec 030 ms   00 sec 969 ms   03
003     3304000                 00 sec 025 ms   00 sec 974 ms   02
004     1736000                 00 sec 053 ms   00 sec 946 ms   05
005     1652000                 00 sec 013 ms   00 sec 986 ms   01
006     1372000                 00 sec 013 ms   00 sec 986 ms   01
007     1344000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
008     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
009     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
010     1820000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
011     1820000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
012     2632000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
013     2912000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
014     1316000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
015     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
016     1064000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
017     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
018     1036000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
019     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
020     1036000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
021     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
022     1064000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
023     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
024     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
025     1428000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
026     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
027     2240000                 00 sec 006 ms   00 sec 993 ms   00
028     1372000                 00 sec 003 ms   00 sec 996 ms   00
029     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
030     1372000                 00 sec 001 ms   00 sec 998 ms   00
031     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
032     1064000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
033     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
034     1092000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
035     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
036     0728000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
037     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
038     1316000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
039     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
040     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
041     2660000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
042     1344000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
043     1680000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
044     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
045     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
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048     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
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050     1680000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
051     1820000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
052     2576000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
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054     1428000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
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056     1540000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
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060     1456000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
061     2716000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
062     1372000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00
063     1400000                 00 sec 000 ms   00 sec 999 ms   00