This driver supports ACPI-controlled docking stations and removable
drive bays such as the IBM Ultrabay and the Dell Module Bay.
-config ACPI_PROCESSOR
- tristate "Processor"
+config ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS
+ bool
select THERMAL
+
+config ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE
+ bool
select CPU_IDLE
+
+config ACPI_PROCESSOR
+ tristate "Processor"
depends on X86 || IA64
+ select ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE
+ select ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS
default y
help
- This driver installs ACPI as the idle handler for Linux and uses
- ACPI C2 and C3 processor states to save power on systems that
- support it. It is required by several flavors of cpufreq
- performance-state drivers.
+ This driver adds support for the ACPI Processor package. It is required
+ by several flavors of cpufreq performance-state, thermal, throttling and
+ idle drivers.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
the module will be called processor.