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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:28:59 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@....com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] acpi: Issue _OSC call for native thermal interrupt handling
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Srinivas Pandruvada
<srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 12:43 -0400, Linda Knippers wrote:
>> I raised a general concern on a previous patch so I found a 1P server
>> with Skylake and HWP to try. This doesn't qualify as a tested-by
>> since all I did was apply the patch and boot the server but hey, it
>> booted.
> Thanks.
>
>>
>> I do have a question below...
>>
> [...]
>> + if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_run_osc(handle, &osc_context))) {
>> > + acpi_hwp_native_thermal_lvt_set = true;
>> > + kfree(osc_context.ret.pointer);
>>
>> There are other boot messages that indicate when something is
>> happening
>> with _OSC. Should there be one for this? Or is there some other
>> obvious
>> way one can know that this was set?
>>
> I am following model of acpi_bus_osc_support, which issues _OSC for
> global platform scope, where nothing is getting printed. If it is
> useful, I don't mind adding a print.
>
> Rafael,
> What do you think?
Printing a message after acpi_run_osc() has been called successfully
shouldn't hurt. Maybe using acpi_handle_info()?
Thanks,
Rafael
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