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SubjectRe: Cleanups for powernow-k8
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:49:18AM -0600, paul.devriendt@amd.com wrote:
> Absolutely. I am planning on using them also in the new ACPI based driver,
> along with your acpi-perflib.

Excellent.

> What is your progress on getting acpi-perflib merged into the kernel so that
> an additional patch is not needed ?

Unfortunately, it seems to be too invasive in the form it was proposed at
first. However, I'm currently in the process of getting the same
infrastructure[*] in place by doing small, logical, incremental changes to
drivers/acpi/processor.c. The first three patches are submitted to Len Brown
[1][2][3]; I haven't received a reply from him about these patches yet.

What helps in developing this is that I finally own a notebook
which supports ACPI P-States....

Dominik

[*] or almost the same infrastructure. The first two core patches assure
that
_PPC and passive cooling work.

[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=107398569012495&w=2
[2] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=107398568612489&w=2
[3] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=107407671712989&w=2
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