On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 11:42:13AM -0300, Marco Aurelio da Costa wrote:
> Hi, Konrad.
>
> Should I change anything else?
It looks fine to my eyes. Len has the final word.
> I tested the changes in my notebook and it is working fine.
Cool.
>
> Cheers.
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx>
> > [v3: Fixes suggested by Konrad]
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The EliteBook 8560W has non-initialized entries in its _PSS ACPI
> > table. Instead of bailing out when the first non-initialized entry is
> > found, ignore it and use only the valid entries. Only bail out if there
> > is no valid entry at all.
> >
> > ---
> > --- linux-3.3.3/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c.orig 2012-04-24
> > 22:18:23.288041268 +0200
> > +++ linux-3.3.3/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c 2012-05-04
> > 18:23:02.640111246 +0200
> > @@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_performanc
> > struct acpi_buffer state = { 0, NULL };
> > union acpi_object *pss = NULL;
> > int i;
> > + int last_invalid = -1;
> >
> >
> > status = acpi_evaluate_object(pr->handle, "_PSS", NULL, &buffer);
> > @@ -372,14 +373,33 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_performanc
> > ((u32)(px->core_frequency * 1000) !=
> > (px->core_frequency * 1000))) {
> > printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PREFIX
> > - "Invalid BIOS _PSS frequency: 0x%llx MHz\n",
> > - px->core_frequency);
> > - result = -EFAULT;
> > - kfree(pr->performance->states);
> > - goto end;
> > + "Invalid BIOS _PSS frequency found for processor %d: 0x%llx MHz\n",
> > + pr->id, px->core_frequency);
> > + if (last_invalid == -1)
> > + last_invalid = i;
> > + } else {
> > + if (last_invalid != -1) {
> > + /*
> > + * Copy this valid entry over last_invalid entry
> > + */
> > + memcpy(&(pr->performance->states[last_invalid]),
> > + px, sizeof(struct acpi_processor_px));
> > + ++last_invalid;
> > + }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > + if (last_invalid == 0) {
> > + printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PREFIX
> > + "No valid BIOS _PSS frequency found for processor %d\n", pr->id);
> > + result = -EFAULT;
> > + kfree(pr->performance->states);
> > + pr->performance->states = NULL;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (last_invalid > 0)
> > + pr->performance->state_count = last_invalid;
> > +
> > end:
> > kfree(buffer.pointer);
> >
> > --
> > Marco Costa
> > Customer Support
> > --
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> > 52072 Aachen
> > Germany
>
>
>
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> Marco Costa
> Customer Support
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> Roermonder Strasse, 151
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