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ACPI: add "processor.ignore_ppc" hook to workaround BIOS _PPC weirdness
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There have been fixes using _PPC, which seem to unhide a problem
on HP nx6125 (double cpufreq switch freezes the machine for
several seconds).

This one should provide a workaround for the nx6125 and for
possible other machines that show any weird _PPC behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Thomas Renninger authored and Len Brown committed Jan 1, 2008
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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
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Expand Up @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(performance_mutex);
* policy is adjusted accordingly.
*/

static unsigned int ignore_ppc = 0;
module_param(ignore_ppc, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly" \
"limited by BIOS, this should help");

#define PPC_REGISTERED 1
#define PPC_IN_USE 2

Expand All @@ -72,6 +77,9 @@ static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
struct acpi_processor *pr;
unsigned int ppc = 0;

if (ignore_ppc)
return 0;

mutex_lock(&performance_mutex);

if (event != CPUFREQ_INCOMPATIBLE)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -130,7 +138,13 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(struct acpi_processor *pr)

int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
{
int ret = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
int ret;

if (ignore_ppc)
return 0;

ret = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);

if (ret < 0)
return (ret);
else
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