Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762757AbXEPVWS (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 17:22:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759984AbXEPVWL (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 17:22:11 -0400 Received: from moa.IfA.Hawaii.Edu ([128.171.168.48]:36134 "EHLO moa.ifa.hawaii.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757812AbXEPVWL (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 17:22:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:27:36 -1000 From: Joshua Hoblitt To: Daniel Drake Cc: Duane Griffin , Prakash Punnoor , LKML , Dave Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver Message-ID: <20070516212736.GO15763@ifa.hawaii.edu> References: <20070516011711.GE15763@ifa.hawaii.edu> <200705162039.02379.prakash@punnoor.de> <464B63D8.2060501@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <464B63D8.2060501@gentoo.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1592 Lines: 48 --tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 04:04:40PM -0400, Daniel Drake wrote: > 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: >=20 > Please hold off this patch until we've gained a more complete=20 > understanding of the issues and workarounds (which will probably lead to= =20 > us writing a better patch anyway) I agree - the issue is more complicated that I had thought. I received an off list message saying that this dependency isn't required on a single-socket Athlon X2 system. So it sounds like isn't an SMP setup issue as much as it is a multi-socket or perhaps just an issue with my vendor (Tyan). -J -- --tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGS3dIWa2BU+b7tU0RAn48AJ4/dhSKZy4t0yVtgTyhRSYB+EJPfwCcCq1a j7PP7ciLH7ly+oPLf69p6Mc= =K8bm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj-- - 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/