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Bug#971017: linux: Select INTEL_PMC_CORE to include Intel PMC Core driver

From Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#971017: linux: Select INTEL_PMC_CORE to include Intel PMC Core driver
Date 2020-09-26 11:30 +0200
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References <ATenn-398-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ATenn-398-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
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Dear Debian folks,


Am 26.09.20 um 10:57 schrieb Paul Menzel:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 5.8.10-1
> Severity: normal

[…]

> Currently, certain information regarding the Intel Power Management 
> Controller is unaccessible, as the driver is not packaged by the Debian 
> Linux kernel.
> 
>      $ grep INTEL_PMC_CORE /boot/config-5.8.0-2-amd64
>      # CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_CORE is not set
> 
> This makes it harder to analyze, how power management works, why it 
> often does not, like for example, why package C-State C10 is not reached 
> on the Dell Latitude E7250.
> 
> It’d be great, if you selected `INTEL_PMC_CORE` in the configuration to 
> build the driver.
> 
>> config INTEL_PMC_CORE
>>         tristate "Intel PMC Core driver"
>>         depends on PCI
>>         help
>>           The Intel Platform Controller Hub for Intel Core SoCs 
>> provides access
>>           to Power Management Controller registers via a PCI 
>> interface. This
>>           driver can utilize debugging capabilities and supported 
>> features as
>>           exposed by the Power Management Controller.
>>
>>           Supported features:
>>                 - SLP_S0_RESIDENCY counter
>>                 - PCH IP Power Gating status
>>                 - LTR Ignore
>>                 - MPHY/PLL gating status (Sunrisepoint PCH only)

Ubuntu ships with

     /boot/config-5.4.0-48-generic:CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_CORE=y

but I do not know, why it’s not built as a module.


Kind regards,

Paul

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Bug#971017: linux: Select INTEL_PMC_CORE to include Intel PMC Core driver Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2020-09-26 11:10 +0200
  Bug#971017: linux: Select INTEL_PMC_CORE to include Intel PMC Core driver Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2020-09-26 11:30 +0200
  Bug#971017: marked as done (linux: Select INTEL_PMC_CORE to  include Intel PMC Core driver) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-10-11 12:10 +0200

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