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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2012-03-28 13:53:10 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2012-03-28 13:53:10 +0900
commit18af30e259c25a64ad69bb749c661564bc886275 (patch)
tree996c89594fd20f25fcc15b5843625d99473f6982 /drivers/acpi
parent691c01c3f0b3252308162de90edcd02f7ca1733c (diff)
parent6658a6991cef75719a21441aa0b7f8d6821534ee (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into sh-latest
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c1
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c22
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index 8ae05ce1850..2801b418d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ static __ref int acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_processor *pr)
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
+ acpi_processor_load_module(pr);
#endif
acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(pr);
acpi_processor_get_limit_info(pr);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 85b32376dad..0af48a8554c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -240,6 +240,28 @@ void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void)
acpi_processor_ppc_status &= ~PPC_REGISTERED;
}
+/*
+ * Do a quick check if the systems looks like it should use ACPI
+ * cpufreq. We look at a _PCT method being available, but don't
+ * do a whole lot of sanity checks.
+ */
+void acpi_processor_load_module(struct acpi_processor *pr)
+{
+ static int requested;
+ acpi_status status = 0;
+ struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
+
+ if (!arch_has_acpi_pdc() || requested)
+ return;
+ status = acpi_evaluate_object(pr->handle, "_PCT", NULL, &buffer);
+ if (!ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Requesting acpi_cpufreq\n");
+ request_module_nowait("acpi_cpufreq");
+ requested = 1;
+ }
+ kfree(buffer.pointer);
+}
+
static int acpi_processor_get_performance_control(struct acpi_processor *pr)
{
int result = 0;