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<title>linux-stable.git/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c, branch linux-2.6.36.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>Merge branch 'linus' into release</title>
<updated>2010-08-15T05:06:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-15T05:06:31+00:00</published>
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Conflicts:
	drivers/acpi/debug.c

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Conflicts:
	drivers/acpi/debug.c

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>gcc-4.6: ACPI: fix unused but set variables in ACPI</title>
<updated>2010-08-15T04:53:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andi Kleen</name>
<email>andi@firstfloor.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-20T22:18:36+00:00</published>
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Some minor improvements in error handling, but overall it was mostly dead
code.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Some minor improvements in error handling, but overall it was mostly dead
code.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ACPI processor: remove deprecated ACPI procfs I/F</title>
<updated>2010-08-15T04:31:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhang Rui</name>
<email>rui.zhang@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-15T02:46:41+00:00</published>
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Remove deprecated ACPI processor procfs I/F, including:
/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/power
/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/limit
/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/info

/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/throttling still exists,
as we don't have sysfs I/F available for now.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui &lt;rui.zhang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Remove deprecated ACPI processor procfs I/F, including:
/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/power
/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/limit
/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/info

/proc/acpi/processor/CPUX/throttling still exists,
as we don't have sysfs I/F available for now.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui &lt;rui.zhang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'timers-timekeeping-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip</title>
<updated>2010-08-06T20:18:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-06T20:18:29+00:00</published>
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* 'timers-timekeeping-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  um: Fix read_persistent_clock fallout
  kgdb: Do not access xtime directly
  powerpc: Clean up obsolete code relating to decrementer and timebase
  powerpc: Rework VDSO gettimeofday to prevent time going backwards
  clocksource: Add __clocksource_updatefreq_hz/khz methods
  x86: Convert common clocksources to use clocksource_register_hz/khz
  timekeeping: Make xtime and wall_to_monotonic static
  hrtimer: Cleanup direct access to wall_to_monotonic
  um: Convert to use read_persistent_clock
  timkeeping: Fix update_vsyscall to provide wall_to_monotonic offset
  powerpc: Cleanup xtime usage
  powerpc: Simplify update_vsyscall
  time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
  time: Implement timespec_add
  x86: Fix vtime/file timestamp inconsistencies

Trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

Much less trivial conflicts in arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c resolved as
per Thomas' earlier merge commit 47916be4e28c ("Merge branch
'powerpc.cherry-picks' into timers/clocksource")
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* 'timers-timekeeping-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  um: Fix read_persistent_clock fallout
  kgdb: Do not access xtime directly
  powerpc: Clean up obsolete code relating to decrementer and timebase
  powerpc: Rework VDSO gettimeofday to prevent time going backwards
  clocksource: Add __clocksource_updatefreq_hz/khz methods
  x86: Convert common clocksources to use clocksource_register_hz/khz
  timekeeping: Make xtime and wall_to_monotonic static
  hrtimer: Cleanup direct access to wall_to_monotonic
  um: Convert to use read_persistent_clock
  timkeeping: Fix update_vsyscall to provide wall_to_monotonic offset
  powerpc: Cleanup xtime usage
  powerpc: Simplify update_vsyscall
  time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
  time: Implement timespec_add
  x86: Fix vtime/file timestamp inconsistencies

Trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

Much less trivial conflicts in arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c resolved as
per Thomas' earlier merge commit 47916be4e28c ("Merge branch
'powerpc.cherry-picks' into timers/clocksource")
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<entry>
<title>x86: Fix keeping track of AMD C1E</title>
<updated>2010-08-02T15:45:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michal Schmidt</name>
<email>mschmidt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-27T16:53:35+00:00</published>
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Accomodate the original C1E-aware idle routine to the different times
during boot when the BIOS enables C1E. While at it, remove the synthetic
CPUID flag in favor of a single global setting which denotes C1E status
on the system.

[ hpa: changed c1e_enabled to be a bool; clarified cpu bit 3:21 comment ]

Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt &lt;mschmidt@redhat.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;20100727165335.GA11630@aftab&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;borislav.petkov@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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Accomodate the original C1E-aware idle routine to the different times
during boot when the BIOS enables C1E. While at it, remove the synthetic
CPUID flag in favor of a single global setting which denotes C1E status
on the system.

[ hpa: changed c1e_enabled to be a bool; clarified cpu bit 3:21 comment ]

Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt &lt;mschmidt@redhat.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;20100727165335.GA11630@aftab&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;borislav.petkov@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME</title>
<updated>2010-07-27T10:40:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Stultz</name>
<email>johnstul@us.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-14T00:56:20+00:00</published>
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Now that all arches have been converted over to use generic time via
clocksources or arch_gettimeoffset(), we can remove the GENERIC_TIME
config option and simplify the generic code.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;johnstul@us.ibm.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1279068988-21864-4-git-send-email-johnstul@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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Now that all arches have been converted over to use generic time via
clocksources or arch_gettimeoffset(), we can remove the GENERIC_TIME
config option and simplify the generic code.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;johnstul@us.ibm.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1279068988-21864-4-git-send-email-johnstul@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'misc' into release</title>
<updated>2010-07-22T22:19:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-22T22:19:12+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: create "processor.bm_check_disable" boot param</title>
<updated>2010-07-22T21:23:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-22T21:23:10+00:00</published>
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processor.bm_check_disable=1" prevents Linux from checking BM_STS
before entering C3-type cpu power states.

This may be useful for a system running acpi_idle
where the BIOS exports FADT C-states, _CST IO C-states,
or _CST FFH C-states with the BM_STS bit set;
while configuring the chipset to set BM_STS
more frequently than perhaps is optimal.

Note that such systems may have been developed
using a tickful OS that would quickly clear BM_STS,
rather than a tickless OS that may go for some time
between checking and clearing BM_STS.

Note also that an alternative for newer systems
is to use the intel_idle driver, which always
ignores BM_STS, relying Linux device drivers
to register constraints explicitly via PM_QOS.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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processor.bm_check_disable=1" prevents Linux from checking BM_STS
before entering C3-type cpu power states.

This may be useful for a system running acpi_idle
where the BIOS exports FADT C-states, _CST IO C-states,
or _CST FFH C-states with the BM_STS bit set;
while configuring the chipset to set BM_STS
more frequently than perhaps is optimal.

Note that such systems may have been developed
using a tickful OS that would quickly clear BM_STS,
rather than a tickless OS that may go for some time
between checking and clearing BM_STS.

Note also that an alternative for newer systems
is to use the intel_idle driver, which always
ignores BM_STS, relying Linux device drivers
to register constraints explicitly via PM_QOS.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: skip checking BM_STS if the BIOS doesn't ask for it</title>
<updated>2010-07-22T20:54:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-22T20:54:27+00:00</published>
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It turns out that there is a bit in the _CST for Intel FFH C3
that tells the OS if we should be checking BM_STS or not.

Linux has been unconditionally checking BM_STS.
If the chip-set is configured to enable BM_STS,
it can retard or completely prevent entry into
deep C-states -- as illustrated by turbostat:

http://userweb.kernel.org/~lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools/turbostat/

ref: Intel Processor Vendor-Specific ACPI Interface Specification
table 4 "_CST FFH GAS Field Encoding"
Bit 1: Set to 1 if OSPM should use Bus Master avoidance for this C-state

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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It turns out that there is a bit in the _CST for Intel FFH C3
that tells the OS if we should be checking BM_STS or not.

Linux has been unconditionally checking BM_STS.
If the chip-set is configured to enable BM_STS,
it can retard or completely prevent entry into
deep C-states -- as illustrated by turbostat:

http://userweb.kernel.org/~lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools/turbostat/

ref: Intel Processor Vendor-Specific ACPI Interface Specification
table 4 "_CST FFH GAS Field Encoding"
Bit 1: Set to 1 if OSPM should use Bus Master avoidance for this C-state

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: fix unused function warning</title>
<updated>2010-07-21T15:30:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>KOSAKI Motohiro</name>
<email>kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-20T22:18:35+00:00</published>
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CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=n:

drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c:83: warning: 'us_to_pm_timer_ticks' defined but not used.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro &lt;kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=n:

drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c:83: warning: 'us_to_pm_timer_ticks' defined but not used.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro &lt;kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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