Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver

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On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 04:04:40PM -0400, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Duane Griffin wrote:
> >On 16/05/07, Prakash Punnoor <[email protected]> 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:
> 
> Please hold off this patch until we've gained a more complete 
> understanding of the issues and workarounds (which will probably lead to 
> 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

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