On 12/9/09, Darren Salt <[email protected]> wrote: > I demand that Alan Jenkins may or may not have written... > > [snip] >> I think the kernel should disable SHE by default on the 701 models. I >> don't mind if it provides a "force_cpufv" option with an appropriate >> warning. > > And I have no problem with modifying eeepc-acpi-scripts accordingly: adding > documentation ("How to break your 701"), and generating a warning and not > altering the SHE setting if this option is missing and the script is being > run on a 701. > > We'll need to support current and older kernels for a while yet... > > [snip] >> I don't think it should be left to userspace to get this right. > > Agreed. > > [snip]
Ok. If we use a normal module option, the kernel won't be able to provide a warning when it is set at run-time. Setting module parameters under /sys/module/*/parameters just sets a variable; it doesn't call into the module. So I guess we want "force_enable_cpufv" as a new sysfs attribute. Alan _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
