Re: [PATCH] Longhaul: Disable driver by default

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:38:01 PM Rafał Bilski wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:13:55 PM Rafal Bilski wrote:
> >> This is only solution I can think of. User decides if he wants this
> >> driver on his machine. I don't have enough knowledge and time to find
> >> the reason why same code works on some machines and doesn't on others
> >> which use same, or very similar,  chipset and processor.
> > I always have problems with patches like this one, because they are pretty much
> > guaranteed to make someone complain.
> >
> > Is there any way to blacklist the affected machine you have?
> >
> > Rafael
> No. Also problem seems to be larger than one machine. Also weirder.
> One user claims his processor can't run below some frequency even
> if it should be perfectly capable of doing so. System in question
> freezes straight away. In past on good system I could change
> frequency at least a couple of times without any protection. Just by
> a chance. I tried to investigate "weird CPU 0 not listed by the BIOS"
> message, but I have nothing. Also I seem to have far less time for
> anything than in the past.

OK, I'll take the patch, then, but I won't include it in my first v3.8 pull
request.

Thanks,
Rafael


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.