Re: [PATCH] allow the highest frequency if bios think so.

[Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 11:04:36AM +0000, Peter Clifton wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 11:30 +0100, Bruno Ducrot wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > processor_perflib.c::acpi_processor_ppc_notifier() check if the value
> > returned by the processor's _PPC method is 0 and return failed if so.
> > This is wrong since 0 indicate that the bios think the processor can
> go
> > to the highest frequency.  This patch for example fix the HP NX 6125
> to
> > allow its highest frequency to be available.
> 
> I don't know about the HP NX 6125, but on my nc 6320, you have to rmmod
> psmouse before you shutdown or reboot the computer, otherwise something
> upsets the BIOS and it won't run at full speed on next boot up.

The proposed patch fix exactly this one on the HP NX 6125.

> Can't hurt to give it a try. The other method to get it working again is
> to remove the AC adaptor and the battery for a few seconds, then
> re-insert and power up.
> 
> Bootup time is also much faster if the psmouse was rmmod'd before
> shutdown, or the power was completely removed as above.

Can't tell for this bootup time issue though.

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