Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753368Ab0ATPkd (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:40:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752932Ab0ATPkb (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:40:31 -0500 Received: from bounce-out.estpak.ee ([194.126.126.40]:49234 "EHLO bounce-out.neti.ee" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753266Ab0ATPk3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:40:29 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 401 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:40:28 EST X-SMTP-Auth-NETI-Businessmail: no Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [PATCH] powernow-k8: On load failure, remind the user to enable support in BIOS setup X-Mercurial-Node: 160211accaba09e778c6dfe9caad81e05ee83387 Message-Id: <160211accaba09e778c6.1264001606@newn> User-Agent: Mercurial-patchbomb/1.4.2 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:33:26 +0200 From: Marti Raudsepp To: cpufreq@vger.kernel.org Cc: Dave Jones , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, Thomas Renninger , Mark Langsdorf , Rusty Russell , Andreas Herrmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1817 Lines: 44 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) In most cases this is simply user error or bad BIOS defaults, rather than a firmware problem. Signed-off-by: Marti Raudsepp diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c @@ -789,17 +789,20 @@ (struct pst_s *)(psb+1), maxvid); } /* - * If you see this message, complain to BIOS manufacturer. If - * he tells you "we do not support Linux" or some similar - * nonsense, remember that Windows 2000 uses the same legacy - * mechanism that the old Linux PSB driver uses. Tell them it - * is broken with Windows 2000. + * If you see this message, check that Cool'N'Quiet is enabled + * in your BIOS setup. If that fails, complain to your BIOS + * manufacturer. If he tells you "we do not support Linux" or + * some similar nonsense, remember that Windows 2000 uses the + * same legacy mechanism that the old Linux PSB driver uses. + * Tell them it is broken with Windows 2000. * * The reference to the AMD documentation is chapter 9 in the * BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide, which is available on * www.amd.com */ - printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "No PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "No PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Make sure that Cool'N'Quiet support is " + "enabled in your BIOS setup\n"); return -ENODEV; } -- 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/