linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, therm: Only read the initial value of thermal LVT entry on BSP

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Message-ID: <20091107095230.GA31533@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com>
Date:	Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:52:30 +0800
From:	Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, therm: Only read the initial value of thermal LVT
	entry on BSP

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:56:05PM -0800, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 16:17 -0800, Yong Wang wrote:
> > Only read the initial value of thermal LVT entry on BSP. The initial
> > value of thermal LVT entries on all APs always reads 0x10000 because
> > APs are woken up by BSP issuing INIT-SIPI-SIPI sequence to them and
> > LVT registers are reset to 0s except for mask bits which are set to
> > 1s when APs receive INIT IPI.
> > 
> > Also restore the value that BIOS has programmed on AP based on BSP's
> > info we saved since BIOS is always setting the same value for all
> > threads/cores.
> 
> Yong, I have appended a new patch with an enhanced change log and
> subject. In future, when you modify and post another version of the
> patch, can you please update the patch version and elaborate what has
> changed, why etc, so that it will be easier for the reviewers.
> 

Thanks a lot for your review and comments. Will follow the conventions
going forward.

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