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-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt22
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Makefile2
6 files changed, 37 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 24f3c63..7ebca07 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -280,3 +280,25 @@ Why: Orphaned for ages. SMP bugs long unfixed. Few users left
Who: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
---------------------------
+
+What: ACPI hooks (X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI) in speedstep-centrino driver
+When: December 2006
+Why: Speedstep-centrino driver with ACPI hooks and acpi-cpufreq driver are
+ functionally very much similar. They talk to ACPI in same way. Only
+ difference between them is the way they do frequency transitions.
+ One uses MSRs and the other one uses IO ports. Functionaliy of
+ speedstep_centrino with ACPI hooks is now merged into acpi-cpufreq.
+ That means one common driver will support all Intel Enhanced Speedstep
+ capable CPUs. That means less confusion over name of
+ speedstep-centrino driver (with that driver supposed to be used on
+ non-centrino platforms). That means less duplication of code and
+ less maintenance effort and no possibility of these two drivers
+ going out of sync.
+ Current users of speedstep_centrino with ACPI hooks are requested to
+ switch over to acpi-cpufreq driver. speedstep-centrino will continue
+ to work using older non-ACPI static table based scheme even after this
+ date.
+
+Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
+
+---------------------------
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig
index ccc1edf..5299c5b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
help
This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
Processor Performance States.
+ This driver also supports Intel Enhanced Speedstep.
For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
@@ -121,11 +122,14 @@ config X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO
If in doubt, say N.
config X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI
- bool "Use ACPI tables to decode valid frequency/voltage pairs"
+ bool "Use ACPI tables to decode valid frequency/voltage (deprecated)"
depends on X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO && ACPI_PROCESSOR
depends on !(X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO = y && ACPI_PROCESSOR = m)
default y
help
+ This is deprecated and this functionality is now merged into
+ acpi_cpufreq (X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ). Use that driver instead of
+ speedstep_centrino.
Use primarily the information provided in the BIOS ACPI tables
to determine valid CPU frequency and voltage pairings. It is
required for the driver to work on non-Banias CPUs.
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Makefile b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Makefile
index 2e894f1..8de3abe 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SC520_CPUFREQ) += sc520_freq.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LONGRUN) += longrun.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_GX_SUSPMOD) += gx-suspmod.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_ICH) += speedstep-ich.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO) += speedstep-centrino.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_LIB) += speedstep-lib.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_SMI) += speedstep-smi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ) += acpi-cpufreq.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO) += speedstep-centrino.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD) += p4-clockmod.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_CPUFREQ_NFORCE2) += cpufreq-nforce2.o
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c
index e8993ba..70178bf 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ static int centrino_cpu_init_acpi(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
/* notify BIOS that we exist */
acpi_processor_notify_smm(THIS_MODULE);
+ printk("speedstep-centrino with X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI"
+ "config is deprecated.\n "
+ "Use X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ (acpi-cpufreq instead.\n" );
return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 81f1562..3abcfa3 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ config X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI
default y
config X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO
- tristate "Intel Enhanced SpeedStep"
+ tristate "Intel Enhanced SpeedStep (deprecated)"
select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
help
+ This is deprecated and this functionality is now merged into
+ acpi_cpufreq (X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ). Use that driver instead of
+ speedstep_centrino.
This adds the CPUFreq driver for Enhanced SpeedStep enabled
mobile CPUs. This means Intel Pentium M (Centrino) CPUs
or 64bit enabled Intel Xeons.
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
help
This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
Processor Performance States.
+ This driver also supports Intel Enhanced Speedstep.
For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Makefile b/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Makefile
index d8b5938..753ce1d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
SRCDIR := ../../../i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8) += powernow-k8.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO) += speedstep-centrino.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ) += acpi-cpufreq.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO) += speedstep-centrino.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD) += p4-clockmod.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_LIB) += speedstep-lib.o