On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 07:07:59PM -0400, Andre Przywara wrote: > Newer BKDG[1] versions recommend a different initialization value for > the running average range register in the northbridge. This improves > the power reading by avoiding counter saturations resulting in bogus > values for anything below about 80% of TDP power consumption. > Updated BIOSes will have this new value set up from the beginning, > but meanwhile we correct this value ourselves. > This needs to be done on all northbridges, even on those where the > driver itself does not register at. > > This fixes the driver on all current machines to provide proper > values for idle load. > > [1] > http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/42301_15h_Mod_00h-0Fh_BKDG.pdf > Chapter 3.8: D18F5xE0 Processor TDP Running Average (p. 452) > > Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c b/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c > index b7494af..2aa7d9d 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c > @@ -122,6 +122,39 @@ static bool __devinit fam15h_power_is_internal_node0(struct pci_dev *f4) > return true; > } > > +/* > + * Newer BKDG versions have an updated recommendation on how to properly > + * initialize the running average range (was: 0xE, now: 0x9). This avoids > + * counter saturations resulting in bogus power readings. > + * We correct this value ourselves to cope with older BIOSes. > + */ > +static int tweak_runavg_range(struct pci_dev *pdev) > +{ What is the point of returning a value if you don't use it ? Thanks, Guenter > + u32 val; > + struct pci_device_id affected_device = { > + PCI_VDEVICE(AMD, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMD_15H_NB_F4) }; > + > + /* > + * let this quirk apply only to the current version of the > + * northbridge, since future versions may change the behavior > + */ > + if (!pci_match_id(&affected_device, pdev)) > + return 0; > + > + pci_bus_read_config_dword(pdev->bus, > + PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 5), > + REG_TDP_RUNNING_AVERAGE, &val); > + if ((val & 0xf) != 0xe) > + return 0; > + > + val &= ~0x0f; > + val |= 9; > + pci_bus_write_config_dword(pdev->bus, > + PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 5), > + REG_TDP_RUNNING_AVERAGE, val); > + return 1; > +} > + > static void __devinit fam15h_power_init_data(struct pci_dev *f4, > struct fam15h_power_data *data) > { > @@ -155,6 +188,13 @@ static int __devinit fam15h_power_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, > struct device *dev; > int err; > > + /* > + * though we ignore every other northbridge, we still have to > + * do the tweaking on _each_ node in MCM processors as the counters > + * are working hand-in-hand > + */ > + tweak_runavg_range(pdev); > + > if (!fam15h_power_is_internal_node0(pdev)) { > err = -ENODEV; > goto exit; > -- > 1.7.4.4 > > _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
