>> So the plan is to run the very kernel (2.6.32.40 from Jeremy's git) natively,
>> without Xen, and check
>> what acpi.debug and my printks are reporting?
>
>yes
Booting the very kernel on bare hardware will not change the way things are running,
despite one small change: the CPUs are registered as "cooling devices" ?!?
[ 3.568766] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 3.734140] acpi_processor_get_power_info called
[ 3.734200] acpi_processor_get_power_info zeroes all c-states
[ 3.734260] acpi_processor_get_power_info analyzes cst
[ 3.734319] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst called
[ 3.734377] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst conted
[ 3.734436] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst bad cst
[ 3.734495] acpi_processor_get_power_info result=-19, -ENODEV=-19
[ 3.734556] acpi_processor_get_power_info analyzes fadt
[ 3.734614] acpi_processor_get_power_info result=-19, -ENODEV=-19
[ 3.734675] acpi_processor_get_power_info we have a result
[ 3.734774] processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device0
[ 3.734855] acpi_processor_get_power_info called
[ 3.734912] acpi_processor_get_power_info zeroes all c-states
[ 3.734973] acpi_processor_get_power_info analyzes cst
[ 3.735031] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst called
[ 3.735089] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst conted
[ 3.735147] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst bad cst
[ 3.735206] acpi_processor_get_power_info result=-19, -ENODEV=-19
[ 3.735267] acpi_processor_get_power_info analyzes fadt
[ 3.735325] acpi_processor_get_power_info result=-19, -ENODEV=-19
[ 3.735386] acpi_processor_get_power_info we have a result
[ 3.735463] processor LNXCPU:01: registered as cooling_device1
[ 3.735542] acpi_processor_get_power_info called
[ 3.735599] acpi_processor_get_power_info zeroes all c-states
[ 3.735659] acpi_processor_get_power_info analyzes cst
[ 3.735717] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst called
[ 3.735775] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst conted
[ 3.735834] acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst bad cst
[ 3.735892] acpi_processor_get_power_info result=-19, -ENODEV=-19
[ 3.735954] acpi_processor_get_power_info analyzes fadt
[ 3.736013] acpi_processor_get_power_info result=-19, -ENODEV=-19
[ 3.736074] acpi_processor_get_power_info we have a result
[ 3.736305] processor LNXCPU:02: registered as cooling_device2
I did a cat on /proc/acpi/processor/cpu0 files:
info
----
processor id: 0
acpi id: 0
bus mastering control: yes
power management: no
throttling control: no
limit interface: no
limit:
<not supported>
power:
------
active state: C0
max_cstate: C8
maximum allowed latency: 2000000000 usec
states:
throttling:
-----------
<not supported>
Carsten.
