Add a sysctl knob to allow users to re-enable it, and document the knob and
default in cpufreq.4. (While here, add a few unrelated updates to
cpufreq.4.)
It seems that the register value in some hardware simply reflects the
configured P-state. This results in an inadvertent and unintended outcome
where the P-state can only walk down, and then the driver becomes "stuck" in
the slowest possible P-state.
The Linux driver never consults this register, so that's some evidence that
ignoring the contents are relatively harmless.
PR: 234733
Reported by: sigsys AT gmail.com, Erich Dollanksy <freebsd.ed.lists AT
sumeritec.com>
Intel Speed Shift is Intel's technology to control frequency in hardware,
with hints from software.
Let's get a working version of this in the tree and we can refine it from
here.
Submitted by: bwidawsk, scottph
Reviewed by: bcr (manpages), myself
Discussed with: jhb, kib (earlier versions)
With feedback from: Greg V, gallatin, freebsdnewbie AT freenet.de
Relnotes: yes
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18028
settings and is an older version of the same design used for ICH SpeedStep.
It is only known to be available on PIIX4 chipsets.
Many thanks to Bruno Ducrot for writing the driver and Jon Noack for
testing.
Submitted by: Bruno Ducrot
