Introduce module parameter processor.ignore_tpc.
Some laptops are shipped with buggy _TPC,
this module parameter is used to to disable the buggy support.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13259
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Tested-by: James Ettle <theholyettlz@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
#define _COMPONENT ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT
ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_throttling");
#define _COMPONENT ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT
ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_throttling");
+/* ignore_tpc:
+ * 0 -> acpi processor driver doesn't ignore _TPC values
+ * 1 -> acpi processor driver ignores _TPC values
+ */
+static int ignore_tpc;
+module_param(ignore_tpc, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_tpc, "Disable broken BIOS _TPC throttling support");
+
struct throttling_tstate {
unsigned int cpu; /* cpu nr */
int target_state; /* target T-state */
struct throttling_tstate {
unsigned int cpu; /* cpu nr */
int target_state; /* target T-state */
+
+ if (ignore_tpc)
+ goto end;
+
status = acpi_evaluate_integer(pr->handle, "_TPC", NULL, &tpc);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
if (status != AE_NOT_FOUND) {
status = acpi_evaluate_integer(pr->handle, "_TPC", NULL, &tpc);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
if (status != AE_NOT_FOUND) {
pr->throttling_platform_limit = (int)tpc;
return 0;
}
pr->throttling_platform_limit = (int)tpc;
return 0;
}
struct acpi_processor_limit *limit;
int target_state;
struct acpi_processor_limit *limit;
int target_state;
+ if (ignore_tpc)
+ return 0;
+
result = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
if (result) {
/* Throttling Limit is unsupported */
result = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
if (result) {
/* Throttling Limit is unsupported */