Re: [tony@atomide.com: [PATCH] Powernow-k8 buggy BIOS override for 2.6.6]

[Dave Jones]

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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