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SubjectRe: Cpufreq for opteron
Hi!

> It appears to me that the BUG_ON() macro will take the machine
> down ? The BUG_ON() checks in this code (a sample below, but
> this applies to all of the driver) are not fatal conditions -
> execution can continue if an error is returned. Taking the
> machine down to report on a non-fatal condition seems somewhat
> rude.

It is somewhat rude, but it makes sure that the error gets fixed. [And
it also appears safer to me: if we know error already happened we opt
to stop the system so nothing bad happens.]

Questions:

1) is it possible to do hardware damage from powernow-k8 driver?

2) should some of those checks be fatal?

3) for nonfatal checks, is it possible to use WARN_ON() -- warn and
continue?

4) given good hardware and debugged driver, will any of those
BUG_ON()s ever trigger?

Pavel
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