A8-3500M + Radeon HD 6650M: make it cool?

[droidhacker]

Thanks, nice to know where to get the numbers from.
However, I think mine is broken...

$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/radeon_pm_info 
default engine clock: 200000 kHz
current engine clock: 6520 kHz
default memory clock: 667000 kHz

6.52 MHz doesn't seem reasonable.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Hello, droidhacker.
I have 7560G, that simply same laptop, but 17". (Don't forget to update BIOS, by the way.)

power management method is set to profile, profile is set to low. Doesn't seem to make any difference from profile set to default.

Because you also need to disable discrete GPU in BIOS or by

echo "OFF" > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

CPU cores idle at 800 MHz, and max out at 1500 MHz. Now I know that the thing is *supposed* to "turbocore" up to 2400 MHz, but this doesn't seem to actually happen. Any way to make this work?

Answer for this question is here: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41131.pdf (2.5.3.1.1)

To ensure proper OS operation, boosted P-states should be hidden from the operating system.

So boosted P-states (up to 2.4 GHz) is here, works (check CPB here /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/cpufreq/cpb), you just doesn't see it. To see it use cpufreq-aperf or cpupowerutils (run "cpupower monitor").

Any way to shut down excess cores when not needed?

AFAIK it happen automatically. See 2.5.3.2.3.2 for details.

Any way to get the thing to scale down LOWER than 800 MHz? 800 MHz seems a little higher than it needs to be.

It doesn't make sense: http://mjg59.livejournal.com/88608.html

Thanks, nice to know where to get the numbers from.
However, I think mine is broken...

$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/radeon_pm_info 
default engine clock: 200000 kHz
current engine clock: 6520 kHz
default memory clock: 667000 kHz

6.52 MHz doesn't seem reasonable.

I would like to know answer for this too: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43114

[droidhacker]

Hello, droidhacker.
I have 7560G, that simply same laptop, but 17". (Don't forget to update BIOS, by the way.)

Because you also need to disable discrete GPU in BIOS or by

echo "OFF" > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

Answer for this question is here: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41131.pdf (2.5.3.1.1)

So boosted P-states (up to 2.4 GHz) is here, works (check CPB here /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/cpufreq/cpb), you just doesn't see it. To see it use cpufreq-aperf or cpupowerutils (run "cpupower monitor").
AFAIK it happen automatically. See 2.5.3.2.3.2 for details.
It doesn't make sense: http://mjg59.livejournal.com/88608.html
I would like to know answer for this too: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43114

THANK YOU very much!!!
It didn't occur to me that it had both GPUs powered on and sucking battery. In fact, it didn't even register with me that it has two!!!
Discrete is now disabled in bios, and idle temp is just over 40 degrees.