linux-kernel - Re: [Acpi4asus-user] [PATCH 1/1] cpufreq: eeepc 900 frequency scaling driver

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Message-ID: <71cd59b00811240841j69451aafje5cbb5204dbff2e5@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:41:03 +0100
From:	"Corentin Chary" <corentin.chary@...il.com>
To:	"Thomas Renninger" <trenn@...e.de>
Cc:	"Tom Hughes" <tom@...pton.nu>,
	acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>,
	"Cristiano Prisciandaro" <cristiano.p@...net.ch>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Acpi4asus-user] [PATCH 1/1] cpufreq: eeepc 900 frequency scaling driver

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de> wrote:
> On Monday 24 November 2008 04:13:24 pm Thomas Renninger wrote:
>> On Monday 24 November 2008 10:38:58 am Tom Hughes wrote:
>> > Cristiano Prisciandaro wrote:
>> > > From: Cristiano Prisciandaro <cristiano.p@...net.ch>
>> > >
>> > > The bios of the eeepc 900 exposes an acpi method that allows clocking
>> > > the cpu to 630/900 MHz. This driver allows controlling the frequency
>> > > switch through the cpufreq subsystem.
>> >
>> > I should perhaps add at this point that I have an alternative patch
>> > based on Cristiano's code, which adds this cpufreq driver to the
>> > existing eeepc-laptop module rather than creating a separate module for
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Personally I'm quite happy with either solution so I'll leave it to you
>> > to decide what is the best way to go, but my patch is available if you
>> > want it.
>>
Why not just modprobe p4-clockmod ?
It already has all we want and works perfectly well.
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