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27.Dd September 7, 2020
28.Dt EST 4 x86
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm est
32.Nd Enhanced SpeedStep
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "est0 at cpu0"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38driver provides support for Enhanced SpeedStep introduced in
39Intel's first and second generation of Pentium M processors.
40The following
41.Xr sysctl 8
42variables are available with
43.Nm :
44.Bl -tag -width "machdep.cpu.frequency.available" -offset indent
45.It Ic machdep.cpu.frequency.target
46The target frequency of the
47.Tn CPUs .
48.It Ic machdep.cpu.frequency.current
49The current frequency.
50.It Ic machdep.cpu.frequency.available
51The frequencies recognized by
52.Nm .
53.El
54.Pp
55Note, however, that these variables are
56not guaranteed to exist in the future versions of
57.Nx .
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr acpicpu 4 ,
60.Xr x86/odcm 4 ,
61.Xr x86/powernow 4
62.Rs
63.%A Intel Corporation
64.%T Intel Pentium M Processor.
65.%T Datasheet
66.%D March, 2004
67.%U http://download.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/pm/sb/25261203.pdf
68.Re
69.Rs
70.%A Intel Corporation
71.%T Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology for the Intel Pentium M Processor.
72.%T White Paper
73.%D March, 2004
74.%U http://download.intel.com/design/network/papers/30117401.pdf
75.Re
76.Sh CAVEATS
77The
78.Nm
79driver is considered a legacy interface to be used only with old systems.
80It is known to be problematic with new
81.Tn CPUs .
82Furthermore, in the unlikely case where both
83.Nm
84and
85.Xr x86/ichlpcib 4
86or
87.Xr piixpcib 4
88provide support for SpeedStep,
89the PCI-based interfaces should not be accessed due possible race conditions.
90