Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934155AbXEPUIA (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 16:08:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933020AbXEPUHG (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 16:07:06 -0400 Received: from smtp111.iad.emailsrvr.com ([207.97.245.111]:59917 "EHLO smtp111.iad.emailsrvr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763244AbXEPUHC (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 16:07:02 -0400 Message-ID: <464B63D8.2060501@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:04:40 -0400 From: Daniel Drake User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Duane Griffin CC: Prakash Punnoor , Joshua Hoblitt , LKML , Dave Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver References: <20070516011711.GE15763@ifa.hawaii.edu> <200705162039.02379.prakash@punnoor.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 774 Lines: 19 Duane Griffin wrote: > On 16/05/07, Prakash Punnoor wrote: >> Maybe you want to give a hint in the p states driver help text? > > I think a hint is the right thing to do, but in the PowerNow! driver > rather than the p states one. How about adding something like this to > the X86_POWERNOW_K8 (and X86_POWERNOW_K7?) help text: Please hold off this patch until we've gained a more complete understanding of the issues and workarounds (which will probably lead to us writing a better patch anyway) Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/