After switching to cpuidle framework, acpi driver ingorned max_cstate, which will break ipw driver. Below patch fixed the issue. It's a little complicated, but this really should be handled in the driver instead of cpuidle core. If you have better fix, please speak. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux/drivers/acpi/osl.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/osl.c 2007-04-02 16:21:10.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/acpi/osl.c 2007-04-02 16:21:57.000000000 +0800 @@ -997,6 +997,16 @@ unsigned int max_cstate = ACPI_PROCESSOR EXPORT_SYMBOL(max_cstate); +void (*acpi_do_set_cstate_limit)(void); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_do_set_cstate_limit); + +void acpi_set_cstate_limit(unsigned int new_limit) +{ + max_cstate = new_limit; + if (acpi_do_set_cstate_limit) + acpi_do_set_cstate_limit(); +} + /* * Acquire a spinlock. * Index: linux/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c 2007-04-02 16:21:10.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c 2007-04-02 16:21:37.000000000 +0800 @@ -1026,11 +1026,13 @@ static int __init acpi_processor_init(vo acpi_processor_ppc_init(); cpuidle_register_driver(&acpi_idle_driver); + acpi_do_set_cstate_limit = acpi_max_cstate_changed; return 0; } static void __exit acpi_processor_exit(void) { + acpi_do_set_cstate_limit = NULL; cpuidle_unregister_driver(&acpi_idle_driver); acpi_processor_ppc_exit(); Index: linux/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c 2007-04-02 16:21:10.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c 2007-04-02 16:22:40.000000000 +0800 @@ -75,7 +75,27 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_idle"); #define C2_OVERHEAD 1 /* 1us */ #define C3_OVERHEAD 1 /* 1us */ -module_param(max_cstate, uint, 0644); +void acpi_max_cstate_changed(void) +{ + /* Driver will reset devices' max cstate limit */ + cpuidle_unregister_driver(&acpi_idle_driver); + cpuidle_register_driver(&acpi_idle_driver); +} + +static int change_max_cstate(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp) +{ + int max; + + max = simple_strtol(val, NULL, 0); + if (!max) + return -EINVAL; + max_cstate = max; + if (acpi_do_set_cstate_limit) + acpi_do_set_cstate_limit(); + return 0; +} + +module_param_call(max_cstate, change_max_cstate, param_get_uint, &max_cstate, 0644); static unsigned int nocst __read_mostly; module_param(nocst, uint, 0000); @@ -1054,7 +1074,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_init(struct cpuidle return -EINVAL; } - for (i = 1; i < ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_POWER; i++) { + for (i = 1; i < ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_POWER && i <= max_cstate; i++) { cx = &pr->power.states[i]; state = &dev->states[count]; Index: linux/include/linux/acpi.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/linux/acpi.h 2007-04-02 16:21:10.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/include/linux/acpi.h 2007-04-02 16:21:37.000000000 +0800 @@ -205,11 +205,8 @@ static inline unsigned int acpi_get_csta { return max_cstate; } -static inline void acpi_set_cstate_limit(unsigned int new_limit) -{ - max_cstate = new_limit; - return; -} +extern void (*acpi_do_set_cstate_limit)(void); +extern void acpi_set_cstate_limit(unsigned int new_limit); #else static inline unsigned int acpi_get_cstate_limit(void) { return 0; } static inline void acpi_set_cstate_limit(unsigned int new_limit) { return; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html