linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add module aliases for acpi-cpufreq

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:38:36 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
Cc:	rjw@...k.pl, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	Leonid Isaev <lisaev@...il.iu.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add module aliases for acpi-cpufreq

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:42:24AM -0500, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> The acpi core will call request_module("acpi-cpufreq") on subsystem init,
> but this will fail if the module isn't available at that stage of boot.
> Add some module aliases to ensure that udev can load the module on Intel
> and AMD systems with the appropriate feature bits - I /think/ that this
> will also work on VIA systems, but haven't verified that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>

Let's add some more tags:

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1448223.sdUJnNSRz4@vostro.rjw.lan
Tested-by: Leonid Isaev <lisaev@...il.iu.edu>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Rafael, this is all yours. :-)

Thanks.

> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> index 0d048f6..7b0d49d 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> @@ -1030,4 +1030,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(acpi_pstate_strict,
>  late_initcall(acpi_cpufreq_init);
>  module_exit(acpi_cpufreq_exit);
>  
> +static const struct x86_cpu_id acpi_cpufreq_ids[] = {
> +	X86_FEATURE_MATCH(X86_FEATURE_ACPI),
> +	X86_FEATURE_MATCH(X86_FEATURE_HW_PSTATE),
> +	{}
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, acpi_cpufreq_ids);
> +
>  MODULE_ALIAS("acpi");
> -- 
> 1.8.0.2
> 
> 

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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