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New: cpufreq P-state tables can change during runtime, handle it

Bug 10194 [email protected] 1 participant 3 messages Mar 7, 2008 – Apr 9, 2008

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Summary: cpufreq P-state tables can change during runtime, handle
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Product: Power Management
Version: 2.5
KernelVersion: 2.6.25-rc4
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P1
Component: cpufreq
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]

ACPI now allows a BIOS to change the P-state tables during runtime. This can happen as the result of a power cord being plugged in or out, of a thermal alarm of some sort which BIOS catches, of a "green" power savings mode set in BIOS, or possibly other situations.

When BIOS wants to change the tables, it issues an SCI.

acpi-cpufreq does not presently have a way to catch that SCI. It does not re-read the P-state tables. And it does not inform userspace that the values have changed.

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[Bug 10194] cpufreq P-state tables can change during runtime, handle it

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10194

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[Bug 10194] cpufreq P-state tables can change during runtime, handle it

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------- Comment #1 from [email protected] 2008-04-09 16:20 ------- this functionality is present already, I just didn't know where to find it. acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed() is it. Closing.

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