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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c index 46d4034d9f37..206791eb46e3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c @@ -1127,12 +1127,23 @@ 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 PFX "MP systems not supported by PSB BIOS structure\n"); +#ifndef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "ACPI Processor support is required " + "for SMP systems but is absent. Please load the " + "ACPI Processor module before starting this " + "driver.\n"); +#else + printk(KERN_ERR 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"); +#endif kfree(data); return -ENODEV; } if (pol->cpu != 0) { - printk(KERN_ERR PFX "No _PSS objects for CPU other than CPU0\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "No ACPI _PSS objects for CPU other than " + "CPU0. Complain to your BIOS vendor.\n"); kfree(data); return -ENODEV; } |
