Bug 104467 - [SNB] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable on processor
Summary: [SNB] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable on processor
Status: CLOSED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: DRI
Classification: Unclassified
Component: DRM/Intel (show other bugs)
Version: DRI git
Hardware: Other All
: medium major
Assignee: Intel GFX Bugs mailing list
QA Contact: Intel GFX Bugs mailing list
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Whiteboard: ReadyForDev
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Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-01-02 23:23 UTC by Elizabeth
Modified: 2018-01-04 21:48 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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i915 platform: SNB
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kern_log_snb_ff (14.24 MB, text/plain)
2018-01-02 23:23 UTC, Elizabeth
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Description Elizabeth 2018-01-02 23:23:52 UTC
Created attachment 136513 [details]
kern_log_snb_ff

We keep getting this messages on dmesg while running IGT:
	
[  224.416285] Setting dangerous option reset - tainting kernel
[  229.012298] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable on processor

CPU is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (family: 0x6, model: 0x2a, stepping: 0x7).
I already confirmed that the Turbo boost option is enable on BIOS, also enable CONFIG_INTEL_TURBO_MAX_3=y on kernel config, since I found this parameter on a CI config shared on other bug, and the warn keeps appearing.

SUCCESS tests with the warn from today's commit:
IGT-Version: 1.20-gd86d53b (x86_64) (Linux: 4.15.0-rc5-drm-tip-config-intel-turbo-ww1-commit-16432d3+ x86_64)

igt@gem_exec_nop@basic-series
igt@gem_exec_flush@basic-wb-rw-before-default
igt@gem_exec_flush@basic-wb-ro-default
Comment 1 Elizabeth 2018-01-03 22:27:49 UTC
+ igt@gem_exec_flush@basic-wb-rw-default commit-cb4a985+
Comment 2 Elizabeth 2018-01-04 21:29:48 UTC
igt@gem_exec_flush@basic-wb-set-default, commit-eb3dae3+
igt@gem_exec_nop@basic-series, commit-eb3dae3+
Comment 3 Chris Wilson 2018-01-04 21:41:56 UTC
This is not a bug, drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c is loudly reporting that it has no "turbo" (marginal overclock) frequencies. It is not even igt that is writing to /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo that triggers the warning. Look carefully at your own system; and file a bug against intel_pstate if you find the warning obnoxious, after all it is triggered by userspace and an error is reported already.
Comment 4 Elizabeth 2018-01-04 21:48:13 UTC
On it, thanks for the clarification.


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