[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#559578: Bug#559578: Fwd: Bug#559578: eeepc-acpi-scripts: EeePC 701 freezes with garbled screen while booting

[Ben Armstrong]

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:48:09 +0000
Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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.

That's a reasonable approach.

> I don't think it should be left to userspace to get this right.  There
> are other distributions than debian :-).  I've seen at least one
> desktop applet which controls SHE.  I expect it has a similar option
> to toggle SHE automatically when switching between mains and battery
> power.  If we change the kernel, it will affect everyone.

Fair enough.  By the way, if you're referring to the same applet I'm
thinking of, it is capable of using means other than cpufv to change
speed (by access to certain registers directly, i think) so fixing
cpufv doesn't adequately protect users of that applet.

Ben
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