Re: [PATCH] p4-clockmod: Calculate frequency based on TSC valuefor P4 models 0 and 1

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 08:08:58AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
 > From: Mattias-Christian Ott <ott@xxxxxxxxx>
 > 
 > Commit ed9cbcd40004904dbe61ccc16d6106a7de38c998 reverted an incorrect
 > change that resulted in random frequencies being displayed in some cases
 > for early P4 models because the MSR_FBC_REGISTER_ID ratio is undefined.
 >     
 > Result of the revert is that for some users the CPU frequency is displayed
 > multiplied by a factor 8 in /proc/cpuinfo when p4-clockmod is loaded.
 >     
 > Calculating the frequency from the TSC value should work in all cases.

I already picked this up in cpufreq-next. 
Additionally, it needs the chunk below.

(checkpatch also complains about the overlong line in the original
 patch which I fixed up before merging).

	Dave

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
index 2bb6a83..4f5c247 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ unsigned long native_calibrate_tsc(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 extern int timer_ack;
+#endif
 extern int recalibrate_cpu_khz(void);
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */

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