From: Matthew W. <wi...@de...> - 2002-12-18 15:30:13
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 12:17:40AM +0900, Adachi, Kenichi wrote: > I didn't check code, but if that said address space type 127 does mean "Functi > onal Fixed Hardware (0x7F)", then your processor expects that OS processor dri > ver knows the specific address to control voltage scaling state transition. Us > ually it's done by accessing MSRs. This has been true for AMD PowerNow! and Tr > ansmeta LongRun, and Intel's new Geyserville I/F which will be unveiled on Ban > ias in the near future. These are mostly under NDA, therefore I can't be speci > fic, however there're several public documents which explain this stuff a bit > more. you're right. Andy, could we add something like this? diff -u -p -r1.6 actypes.h --- drivers/acpi/include/actypes.h 10 Dec 2002 22:02:09 -0000 1.6 +++ drivers/acpi/include/actypes.h 18 Dec 2002 15:28:47 -0000 @@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ typedef u8 #define ACPI_ADR_SPACE_CMOS (ACPI_ADR_SPACE_TYPE) 5 #define ACPI_ADR_SPACE_PCI_BAR_TARGET (ACPI_ADR_SPACE_TYPE) 6 #define ACPI_ADR_SPACE_DATA_TABLE (ACPI_ADR_SPACE_TYPE) 7 +#define ACPI_ADR_SPACE_FIXED_HARDWARE (ACPI_ADR_SPACE_TYPE) 127 /* -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk |