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From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq/intel_pstate: Add kernel command line option
 disable intel_pstate.
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:12:49 -0800
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To: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>, dirk.brandewie@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@intel.com>

On 02/15/2013 05:28 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 15 February 2013 18:00, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
>> On Friday, February 15, 2013 09:53:24 AM Viresh Kumar wrote:
>>> Parameter to this is really not required. By default intel_pstate
>>> driver is enabled, so just past disable_intel_pstate from command line
>>> without any args.
>>
>> Well, quite frankly, I'm fine with both.  It all boils down to passing a
>> specific string on the kernel command line.
>
> Well, we are all looking to save worlds power here and my suggestion
> would definitely use less power as it has less instructions to execute.
> Just for fun!!.
>

I would like to leave it the way it is now. If for what ever reason we need
another switch passed to the driver we have a place for it without adding
another single purpose command line option

The updated with __initdata and the spelling fixes will follow shortly

--Dirk