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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/ec.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c22
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/video_detect.c2
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 3268dcfbaa9b..7edaccce6640 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -445,6 +445,16 @@ int ec_transaction(u8 command,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ec_transaction);
+/* Get the handle to the EC device */
+acpi_handle ec_get_handle(void)
+{
+ if (!first_ec)
+ return NULL;
+ return first_ec->handle;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ec_get_handle);
+
void acpi_ec_block_transactions(void)
{
struct acpi_ec *ec = first_ec;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index 41de1355edcd..0734086537b8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/cpu.h>
#include <asm/delay.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -475,6 +474,7 @@ static __ref int acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_processor *pr)
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
+ acpi_processor_load_module(pr);
#endif
acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(pr);
acpi_processor_get_limit_info(pr);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 85b32376dad7..0af48a8554cd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -240,6 +240,28 @@ void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void)
acpi_processor_ppc_status &= ~PPC_REGISTERED;
}
+/*
+ * Do a quick check if the systems looks like it should use ACPI
+ * cpufreq. We look at a _PCT method being available, but don't
+ * do a whole lot of sanity checks.
+ */
+void acpi_processor_load_module(struct acpi_processor *pr)
+{
+ static int requested;
+ acpi_status status = 0;
+ struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
+
+ if (!arch_has_acpi_pdc() || requested)
+ return;
+ status = acpi_evaluate_object(pr->handle, "_PCT", NULL, &buffer);
+ if (!ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Requesting acpi_cpufreq\n");
+ request_module_nowait("acpi_cpufreq");
+ requested = 1;
+ }
+ kfree(buffer.pointer);
+}
+
static int acpi_processor_get_performance_control(struct acpi_processor *pr)
{
int result = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index f3f0fe7e255a..45d8097ef4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
* Depending on whether ACPI graphics extensions (cmp. ACPI spec Appendix B)
* are available, video.ko should be used to handle the device.
*
- * Otherwise vendor specific drivers like thinkpad_acpi, asus_acpi,
+ * Otherwise vendor specific drivers like thinkpad_acpi, asus-laptop,
* sony_acpi,... can take care about backlight brightness.
*
* If CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO is neither set as "compiled in" (y) nor as a module (m)