HEADSUP: cpufreq import complete, acpi_throttling changed

[Nate Lawson]

Freddie Cash wrote:
>>If you have throttling, please test the new configuration to be sure
>>it still works as before.  Final upcoming work will be manpage
>>support and bugfixing as necessary.
> 
> 
> acpi_perf.ko doesn't do anything on my Toshiba A60-J1L (2.8 GHz
> Celeron).  Neither does acpi_toshiba.ko or acpi_video.ko for that
> matter.
> 
> If I add CPU_ENABLE_P4TCC to my kernel config, then I can throttle the
> CPU from 100% down to 13%.  But that's the only throttle support this
> laptop seems to have (and it's worked since I noticed it in NOTES with
> 5.2-CURRENT).
> 
> It uses the ATI IGP chipset, so I'm not expecting miracles with this
> thing (the sound and modem don't work either, and the HD is detected
> as UDMA33 instead of UDMA100).
> 
> I'm running the latest BIOS (1.80C), and 6-CURRENT cvsup'd this
> afternoon.  Links to dmesg, asl, and sysctl output is below.  If
> there's anything else that's needed or wanted, let me know.
> 
>   http://mailtest.sd73.bc.ca/fcash/dmesg.verbose
>   http://mailtest.sd73.bc.ca/fcash/fcash-toshiba-a60-j1l.asl
>   http://mailtest.sd73.bc.ca/fcash/sysctl.txt
> 
> If this chipset isn't supported, that's fine.  The P4TCC support works
> well enough for my uses.  :)

As expected, your laptop doesn't support ACPI throttling (DUTY_WIDTH=0, 
no _PTC method) or ACPI Px states (no _PSS, PCT methods).

p4tcc should be converted to the cpufreq framework.

-- 
Nate