Re: [PATCH 4/5] intel_pstate: Remove C0 tracking

Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-05-12T11:59:59Z

On Monday, May 12, 2014 05:27:25 AM Stratos Karafotis wrote:
> Hi,
>

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>
> With this patch, my CPU (Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz) seems to never use lowest
> frequencies. Even on an idle system I get always ~2GHz. Normally,
> on an idle system it used to be 1.6GHz.
> On very small loads (mp3 decoding) the CPU goes up to 2.7G GHz (it used to
> be 1.6GHz)
>
> Reverting, this patch on my local build, the problem is resolved.

Dirk, seriously, I can't regard this as a fix that can go into -rc6.

Which of the other patch in the series are must-go for 3.15? [1-2/5] I guess?
And do we need [2/5] it in -stable too?

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.