linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] acpi-cpufreq: Add support for disabling dynamic overclocking

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:49:04 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	"cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davej@...hat.com" <davej@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@....com>,
	"Herrmann3, Andreas" <Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] acpi-cpufreq: Add support for disabling dynamic
 overclocking

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 04:41:43PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> You need to handle the case where boosting is not even supported by the
> CPU. For example, a Barcelona CPU does not boost but I get
> 
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/boost
> 1

Ah, yeah. Fair enough.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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