linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] acpi-cpufreq: Move modern AMD cpufreq support to acpi-cpufreq

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:58:25 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
Cc:	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] acpi-cpufreq: Move modern AMD cpufreq support to acpi-cpufreq

On Thursday, July 26, 2012, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> On Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:28:36 PM Andre Przywara wrote:
> > The programming model for cpufreq on current AMD CPUs is almost
> > identical to the one used on Intel and VIA hardware. This patchset
> > merges support into acpi-cpufreq and removes it from powernow-k8.
>  
> > This patchset is heavily based on Matthew Garrett's V4 from last July.
> > The boosting part has been mostly reworked and documentation for it
> > has been added. Also there was a need for (yet another) BIOS quirk
> > on AMD desktop boards.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
> 
> I had a look at Matthew's patches and I like the idea.
> 
> I didn't review Andre's in detail, but if they are based on
> Matthew's and I expect they got some testing, I guess it should
> be fine to push them with the next merge window.

Good, thanks for your opinion, it helps a lot! :-)

I'll have a deeper look at the patches in the next couple of days and will
queue them up for v3.7 if I don't find anything objectionable in them.

Thanks,
Rafael
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