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authorThomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>2009-02-04 11:56:11 +0100
committerDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>2009-02-24 22:47:31 -0500
commit79cc56af9fdbeaa91f50289b932d0959b41f9467 (patch)
treeae2f0e9ab28accb1accc047633bd1e5b613173ca /arch/x86/kernel/cpu
parent112124ab0a9f507a0d7fdbb1e1ed2b9a24f8c4ea (diff)
[CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Only print error message once, not per core.
This is the typical message you get if you plug in a CPU which is newer than your BIOS. It's annoying seeing this message for each core. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index acc06b03194e..c44853fc827a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int find_psb_table(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
* BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide, which is available on
* www.amd.com
*/
- printk(KERN_ERR PFX "BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "No PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
struct powernow_k8_data *data;
cpumask_t oldmask;
int rc;
+ static int print_once;
if (!cpu_online(pol->cpu))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -1240,11 +1241,19 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
* an UP version, and is deprecated by AMD.
*/
if (num_online_cpus() != 1) {
- printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS does not provide"
- " ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux "
- "understands. Please report this to the Linux "
- "ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS "
- "vendor.\n");
+ /*
+ * Replace this one with print_once as soon as such a
+ * thing gets introduced
+ */
+ if (!print_once) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS "
+ "does not provide ACPI _PSS objects "
+ "in a way that Linux understands. "
+ "Please report this to the Linux ACPI"
+ " maintainers and complain to your "
+ "BIOS vendor.\n");
+ print_once++;
+ }
kfree(data);
return -ENODEV;
}