This is the typical message you get if you plug in a CPU
which is newer than your BIOS. It's annoying seeing this
message for each core.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 1f894ba..7183de3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int find_psb_table(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
* BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide, which is available on
* www.amd.com
*/
- printk(KERN_ERR PFX "BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "No PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
struct powernow_k8_data *data;
cpumask_t oldmask;
int rc;
+ static int print_once;
if (!cpu_online(pol->cpu))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -1241,11 +1242,19 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
* an UP version, and is deprecated by AMD.
*/
if (num_online_cpus() != 1) {
- printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS does not provide"
- " ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux "
- "understands. Please report this to the Linux "
- "ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS "
- "vendor.\n");
+ /*
+ * Replace this one with print_once as soon as such a
+ * thing gets introduced
+ */
+ if (!print_once) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS "
+ "does not provide ACPI _PSS objects "
+ "in a way that Linux understands. "
+ "Please report this to the Linux ACPI"
+ " maintainers and complain to your "
+ "BIOS vendor.\n");
+ print_once++;
+ }
goto err_out;
}
if (pol->cpu != 0) {
--
1.6.0.2
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