From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: Custom powerstates table in powernow-K7 ? Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:50:09 +0100 Message-ID: <20041220125009.GN2140@poupinou.org> References: <20041218212452.DFAA849C33@nathan.muc.de> <20041219105743.31456.qmail@web53908.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041219105743.31456.qmail@web53908.mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: cpufreq-bounces@www.linux.org.uk Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org@www.linux.org.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Alex Simonov Cc: cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 02:57:43AM -0800, Alex Simonov wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any simple way to use the powernow-k7 > driver with custom PST? Until now (kernel 2.6.3) > I've always used to patch the module, hardwiring > my own PST table for my Mobile Athlon XP 1900+, > but with 2.6.8 kernels it seems more complex, > with all this ACPI stuff added to it. It is not > enough anymore to patch the > powernow_decode_bios (int maxfid, int startvid) > function any more ..:( At first, are you sure going with ACPI didn't help? If that is the case, I don't see the difficulty to do what you ask, especially if you have already done such hack (ACPI is a fallback, so unless your laptop is in a DMI blacklist, hacking powernow_decode_bios() should work). > Could you give me some hints please? May be there > is opportunity to pass it as a parameter to the > cpufreq module? Or a way to integrate it in the > initrd.img? I'm afraid nobody will integrate that in mainline. Cheers, -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.