[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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