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-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c22
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 7f2f149ae40f..222966f34432 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1817,6 +1817,20 @@ static struct notifier_block __refdata cpufreq_cpu_notifier = {
* REGISTER / UNREGISTER CPUFREQ DRIVER *
*********************************************************************/
+static char cpufreq_driver_name[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
+
+static int __init cpufreq_driver_setup(char *str)
+{
+ strlcpy(cpufreq_driver_name, str, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set this name to only allow one specific cpu freq driver, e.g.,
+ * cpufreq_driver=powernow-k8
+ */
+__setup("cpufreq_driver=", cpufreq_driver_setup);
+
/**
* cpufreq_register_driver - register a CPU Frequency driver
* @driver_data: A struct cpufreq_driver containing the values#
@@ -1839,7 +1853,13 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
((!driver_data->setpolicy) && (!driver_data->target)))
return -EINVAL;
- pr_debug("trying to register driver %s\n", driver_data->name);
+ pr_debug("trying to register driver %s, cpufreq_driver=%s\n",
+ driver_data->name, cpufreq_driver_name);
+
+ if (cpufreq_driver_name[0])
+ if (!driver_data->name ||
+ strcmp(cpufreq_driver_name, driver_data->name))
+ return -EINVAL;
if (driver_data->setpolicy)
driver_data->flags |= CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS;