linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver

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Message-ID: <464B63D8.2060501@gentoo.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 16:04:40 -0400
From:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
To:	Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
CC:	Prakash Punnoor <prakash@...noor.de>,
	Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@....hawaii.edu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States
 driver

Duane Griffin wrote:
> On 16/05/07, Prakash Punnoor <prakash@...noor.de> wrote:
>> Maybe you want to give a hint in the p states driver help text?
> 
> I think a hint is the right thing to do, but in the PowerNow! driver
> rather than the p states one. How about adding something like this to
> the X86_POWERNOW_K8 (and X86_POWERNOW_K7?) help text:

Please hold off this patch until we've gained a more complete 
understanding of the issues and workarounds (which will probably lead to 
us writing a better patch anyway)

Daniel

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