Comment 17 for bug 132403

I can reproduce this: a non-overclocked Core 2 Duo E8500 running Hardy has two speeds available: 2.00 GHz and 3.00 GHz. The actual speed of 3.16GHz can only be obtained by disabling frequency scaling in the BIOS settings.

$ cpufreq-infocpufrequtils 002: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006
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analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0
  hardware limits: 2.00 GHz - 3.00 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.00 GHz, 2.00 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: userspace, powersave, ondemand, conservative, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 2.00 GHz and 3.00 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 2.00 GHz.
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 1
  hardware limits: 2.00 GHz - 3.00 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.00 GHz, 2.00 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: userspace, powersave, ondemand, conservative, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 2.00 GHz and 3.00 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 2.00 GHz.