From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pavel@ucw.cz
Subject: Re: [tony@atomide.com: [PATCH] Powernow-k8 buggy BIOS override for 2.6.6]
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:05:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040513140501.GG16687@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040513001628.GA9388@atomide.com>
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 05:16:28PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Following is the updated patch to make the powernow-k8 driver work on
> machines with buggy BIOS, such as emachines m6805.
>
> The patch overrides the PST table only if check_pst_table() fails.
>
> The minimum value for the override is 800MHz, which is the lowest value
> on all x86_64 systems AFAIK. The max value is the current running value.
>
> This patch should be safe to apply, even if Pavel's ACPI table check is
> added to the driver. Or does anybody see a problem with it?
Does the ACPI fallback not do the right thing ?
I don't really see the point of limping along with a 2-state PST
if we can derive the proper info from the ACPI table.
Dave
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2004-05-13 14:05 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2004-05-13 15:34 ` [tony@atomide.com: [PATCH] Powernow-k8 buggy BIOS override for 2.6.6] Tony Lindgren
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