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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 index 78ff7ee48951..934854ae5eb4 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ help This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI Processor Performance States. - This driver also supports Intel Enhanced Speedstep. + This driver also supports Intel Enhanced Speedstep and newer + AMD CPUs. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called acpi-cpufreq. @@ -32,6 +33,18 @@ config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ If in doubt, say N. +config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB + default y + bool "Legacy cpb sysfs knob support for AMD CPUs" + depends on X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ && CPU_SUP_AMD + help + The powernow-k8 driver used to provide a sysfs knob called "cpb" + to disable the Core Performance Boosting feature of AMD CPUs. This + file has now been superseeded by the more generic "boost" entry. + + By enabling this option the acpi_cpufreq driver provides the old + entry in addition to the new boost ones, for compatibility reasons. + config ELAN_CPUFREQ tristate "AMD Elan SC400 and SC410" select CPU_FREQ_TABLE @@ -95,7 +108,8 @@ config X86_POWERNOW_K8 select CPU_FREQ_TABLE depends on ACPI && ACPI_PROCESSOR help - This adds the CPUFreq driver for K8/K10 Opteron/Athlon64 processors. + This adds the CPUFreq driver for K8/early Opteron/Athlon64 processors. + Support for K10 and newer processors is now in acpi-cpufreq. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called powernow-k8. |