[coreboot] New patch to review for coreboot: 543d38d Leave power control registers unlocked
Stefan Reinauer (stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org)
gerrit at coreboot.org
Tue Nov 6 22:20:57 CET 2012
Stefan Reinauer (stefan.reinauer at coreboot.org) just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at http://review.coreboot.org/1688
-gerrit
commit 543d38dd63b49a92f8be113b85f4d065fa290978
Author: Sameer Nanda <snanda at chromium.org>
Date: Wed Jul 25 16:11:40 2012 -0700
Leave power control registers unlocked
To allow easy experimentation with thermals, leave power control
registers unlocked.
Change-Id: Ia53065f3f220c2faed58e7d53e60c3f169ae58ec
Signed-off-by: Sameer Nanda <snanda at chromium.org>
---
src/cpu/intel/model_206ax/finalize.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/cpu/intel/model_206ax/finalize.c b/src/cpu/intel/model_206ax/finalize.c
index 68cef8d..4ed5d1e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/intel/model_206ax/finalize.c
+++ b/src/cpu/intel/model_206ax/finalize.c
@@ -49,11 +49,24 @@ void intel_model_206ax_finalize_smm(void)
if (cpuid_ecx(1) & (1 << 25))
msr_set_bit(MSR_FEATURE_CONFIG, 0);
+#ifdef LOCK_POWER_CONTROL_REGISTERS
+ /*
+ * Lock the power control registers.
+ *
+ * These registers can be left unlocked if modifying power
+ * limits from the OS is desirable. Modifying power limits
+ * from the OS can be especially useful for experimentation
+ * during early phases of system bringup while the thermal
+ * power envelope is being proven.
+ */
+
msr_set_bit(MSR_PP0_CURRENT_CONFIG, 31);
msr_set_bit(MSR_PP1_CURRENT_CONFIG, 31);
msr_set_bit(MSR_PKG_POWER_LIMIT, 63);
msr_set_bit(MSR_PP0_POWER_LIMIT, 31);
msr_set_bit(MSR_PP1_POWER_LIMIT, 31);
+#endif
+
msr_set_bit(MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT, 22);
msr_set_bit(MSR_LT_LOCK_MEMORY, 0);
}
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