linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] cpufreq:boost:Kconfig: Enable boost support at Kconfig

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Message-ID: <20130606155815.GB21272@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:58:15 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@...sung.com>
Cc:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocky" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Jonghwa Lee <jonghwa3.lee@...sung.com>,
	Myungjoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@...ess.pl>,
	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@...aro.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] cpufreq:boost:Kconfig: Enable boost support at
 Kconfig

On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 09:07:52AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Enable/disable support for BOOST. New flag - CPU_FREQ_BOOST has been
> defined for that.

What's the reason for this? Why would you want to not compile-in the
boosting code?

Also, at least on x86, even with this feature disabled, the CPU will
boost by default unless you fiddle with it through the MSRs as root.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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