[ltp] [PATCH] ibm_acpi: allow clean removal

[Dan Sawyer]

Hello,

The system is a T41 running 2.6.18.1 kernel.

How can cpu frequency be determined?

How can power policy be determined?

Thanks - Dan

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

>This patch is important if you use ibm-acpi as a module and ever unload it.
>It has not been merged into 2.6.19-rc yet.
>
>It applies to 2.6.18 and 2.6.19.  Older kernels not tested.
>
>From: Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey_y_starikovskiy@linux.intel.com>
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:29:04 +0000 (+0400)
>Subject: ACPI: ibm_acpi: allow clean removal
>X-Git-Url: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=d4a82b0b566fc2784648c9751f0deb2b262c95ea
>
>ACPI: ibm_acpi: allow clean removal
>
>Allow clean removal by setting notify_installed in the right place.
>
>Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com>
>Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
>---
>
>--- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
>+++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
>@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ static int __init setup_notify(struct ib
> 		       ibm->name, status);
> 		return -ENODEV;
> 	}
>-
>+	ibm->notify_installed = 1;
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
>@@ -1911,7 +1911,6 @@ static int __init ibm_init(struct ibm_st
> 		ret = setup_notify(ibm);
> 		if (ret < 0)
> 			return ret;
>-		ibm->notify_installed = 1;
> 	}
> 
> 	return 0;
>  
>