linux-kernel - Re: Do not modify MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF

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Message-ID: <8034062.tMR12f4YiM@skinner>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:10:31 +0100
From:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
To:	rjw@...ysocki.net
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Scott Bahling <sbahling@...e.com>
Subject: Re: Do not modify MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS in kernel

On Friday, January 22, 2016 01:09:15 PM Thomas Renninger wrote:
> The assumption that BIOSes never want to have this register being set to
> full performance (zero) is wrong.

Patch is against latest linux-pm kernel.
Rafael: Can you queue this one up, please.

Thanks,

        Thomas