[SchreiberX@Altmuehlnet.de: Re: hp omnibook xe4500 hangs while loading acpi module]

* [SchreiberX@Altmuehlnet.de: Re: hp omnibook xe4500 hangs while loading acpi module]
@ 2003-12-20 17:14 Dominik Brodowski
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From: Dominik Brodowski @ 2003-12-20 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: len.brown; +Cc: cpufreq

Hi Len,

The patch "[ACPI] GV3 IO port is 16-bits" to the
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi.c file broke at least some of 
the GV1/2 support. Any idea on how to fix it up so that it works
for both?

Happy holidays,
	Dominik

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Subject: Re: hp omnibook xe4500 hangs while loading acpi module
From: Martin Schreiber <SchreiberX@Altmuehlnet.de>
To: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.de>
Cc: cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk
In-Reply-To: <20031219182737.GE6909@dominikbrodowski.de>
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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 17:13:47 +0100

the acpi cpufreq (kernel 2.6.0) works now on omnibook xe4500 with the
attached patch.

thanks!



On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 19:27, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you please try the attached patch (for 2.6.0)? It reverts a change
> done during the time frame you mention: I assume this patch
> "[ACPI] GV3 IO port is 16-bits (Venkatesh Pallipadi)" caused the trouble.
> Please CC <cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk> in your reply [the cpufreq mailing 
> list], so that other cpufreq developers can investigate this issue as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Dominik
> 
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 11:24:45PM +0100, Martin Schreiber wrote:
> > hi!
> > 
> > my "hp omnibook xe4500" hangs, if i load the acpi module for cpufreq.
> > there's no kernel error message. it just blocks everything.
> > 
> > the cpufreq works fine up to test-6
> > with test-7, the kernel hangs, if i load the module.
> > 
> > can i help you, to fix this problem?
> > 
> > just say, what you need.
> > 
> > i'm completely new to the kernel!
> > 
> > ciao,
> >   martini
> > 
> > 
> > Martin Schreiber
> > Im Muehltal 48
> > 91171 Greding
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--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi.c	2003-10-12 19:48:39.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-tmp/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi.c	2003-12-19 17:42:33.076814176 +0100
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 	int			state)
 {
 	u16			port = 0;
-	u16			value = 0;
+	u8			value = 0;
 	int			i = 0;
 	struct cpufreq_freqs    cpufreq_freqs;
 
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@
 	value = (u16) perf->states[state].control;
 
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, 
-		"Writing 0x%04x to port 0x%04x\n", value, port));
+		"Writing 0x%02x to port 0x%02x\n", value, port));
 
-	outw(value, port); 
+	outb(value, port); 
 
 	/*
 	 * Then we read the 'status_register' and compare the value with the
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@
 	port = perf->status_register;
 
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, 
-		"Looking for 0x%04x from port 0x%04x\n",
-		(u16) perf->states[state].status, port));
+		"Looking for 0x%02x from port 0x%02x\n",
+		(u8) perf->states[state].status, port));
 
 	for (i=0; i<100; i++) {
-		value = inw(port);
+		value = inb(port);
 		if (value == (u16) perf->states[state].status)
 			break;
 		udelay(10);
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 	/* notify cpufreq */
 	cpufreq_notify_transition(&cpufreq_freqs, CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE);
 
-	if (value != (u16) perf->states[state].status) {
+	if (value != perf->states[state].status) {
 		unsigned int tmp = cpufreq_freqs.new;
 		cpufreq_freqs.new = cpufreq_freqs.old;
 		cpufreq_freqs.old = tmp;




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