cvs commit: src/sys/i386/cpufreq est.c

[Colin Percival]

Nate Lawson wrote:
> Colin Percival wrote:
>>   Remove the instruction to "contact the maintainer" for unrecognized
>>   CPUs.  Intel refuses to give me the information I need, and getting
>>   more emails about this doesn't help.
> 
> I would prefer we still print the MSR and cpu_vendor info, even if you
> remove the "contact maintainer" part.

Ok.  I removed it because I had intended it as an aid to me in adding
support for newer processors (which is now a non-issue) but if you think
it's useful anyway, I see no harm in adding it back.

>  Also, most systems based on newer
> Pentium-M export the control info via acpi_perf so if acpi is active, we
> use those settings for est.

Right, with the key phrases being "most systems" and "if acpi is active".
Apparently Intel doesn't consider systems with broken acpi or users who
decide to disable acpi to be worthy of support. :-/

Colin Percival