Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/thermal: Fix LVT thermal setup for SMI delivery mode | From | James Feeney <> | Date | Mon, 31 May 2021 12:26:53 -0600 |
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On 5/28/21 5:19 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 10:23:42AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> So you could disable CPU_SUP_INTEL ... Should still boot with reduced >> functionality. > > *If* you disable it and *if* that intel_init_thermal() is really there > to unstick those cores, then you might not even boot successfully. > >> What a mess... > > When is it not when SMM is involved? > > That stinking goo underneath the OS needs to be open sourced so that we > can replace it with something small and sane. BIOS morons will never > learn not to fiddle with architectural components. >
Has the patch that resolves - or at least pacifies - this issue been forwarded downstream to GKH for mainline yet? I'd like to be able to upgrade with stock kernels again.
James
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