kernconfig_mutex. Update module subsystem to use this mutex rather than
its own internal (non-recursive) mutex. Make module_autoload() do its
own locking to be consistent with the rest of the module_xxx() calls.
Update module(9) man page appropriately.
As discussed on tech-kern over the last few weeks.
Welcome to NetBSD 5.99.39 !
- XPSS spec says that Status{,Mask} and Control{,Mask} buffers are 8 bytes
- use ACPI_GET64 macros instead of memcpy when reading from buffers
This makes acpicpu work again on my VIA C7-M, whose firmware reports
malformed XPSS packages but has a working _PSS
invariant APIC timer or an "ARAT" ("always running APIC timer"). This means
that the APIC timer may keep ticking at the same rate also in deep C-states
with some new or forthcoming Intel CPUs.
It was observed that at least Sverre Froyen's ThinkPad T500 reports values
that do not match readings from the IA32_PERF_STATUS register. This only
applied to the P0-state. Thus, for now, skip the status check if Turbo
Boost has been detected and the requested state is P0.
This needs to be revisited once Turbo Boost actually works in NetBSD. It is
unclear whether this is a BIOS flaw or not; these values may well be what we
get from IA32_PERF_STATUS once the CPU actually uses the +133.33 MHz boost.
Intel processors. The invariance means that TSC runs at a constant rate
during all ACPI state changes. If it is variant, skew may occur and TSC is
generally unsuitable for wall clock services. This is especially relevant
with C-states; with variant TSC, the whole counter may be stopped with states
larger than C1. All x86 CPUs before circa mid-2000s can be assumed to have a
variant time stamp counter.
binaries by default with separate sections for executable, writeable
data and constants. Use the same heuristic as FreeBSD to match up the
text and data segment assumptions.
existing CPU power management implementations could peacefully coexist with
the acpicpu(4) driver. The following options can not be used with acpicpu(4):
ENHANCED_SPEEDSTEP, INTEL_ONDEMAND_CLOCKMOD, POWERNOW_K7, and POWERNOW_K8.
config_interrupts(9) to be executed. This is necessary because: (a) the
initialization routines must be run only once after interrupts are enabled
and (b) all ACPI CPUs have attached.
