diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index a703b9e9aeb9d778b6591b066abb210811234705..974e29f5da86175e204ab473927e222102adbc2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -136,6 +136,24 @@ Description:	Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism
 		See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information.
 
 
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/*
+Date:		pre-git history
+Contact:	cpufreq@vger.kernel.org
+Description:	Discover and change clock speed of CPUs
+
+		Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of the
+		CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery
+		power, because the lower the clock speed, the less power
+		the CPU consumes.
+
+		There are many knobs to tweak in this directory.
+
+		See files in Documentation/cpu-freq/ for more information.
+
+		In particular, read Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+		to learn how to control the knobs.
+
+
 What:      /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X
 Date:      August 2008
 KernelVersion:	2.6.27
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
index 75a58d14d3cf42de050b292ea1dafdb5f2f2cb53..6c30e930c1225d141cda19989cbb62462804b29d 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq -	the minimum and maximum frequency
 				(in kHz) which is supported by 
 				this CPU
 policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency   the time it takes on this CPU to
-				switch between two frequencies (if
-				appropriate, else specify
-				CPUFREQ_ETERNAL)
+				switch between two frequencies in
+				nanoseconds (if appropriate, else
+				specify CPUFREQ_ETERNAL)
 
 policy->cur			The current operating frequency of
 				this CPU (if appropriate)
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 2a5b850847c024e676395320f534c1982c8ae33a..04f6b32993e69ca4185a81bbaadb677aac5056e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,17 @@ scaling_cur_freq :		Current frequency of the CPU as determined by
 				the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs
 				at.
 
+bios_limit :			If the BIOS tells the OS to limit a CPU to
+				lower frequencies, the user can read out the
+				maximum available frequency from this file.
+				This typically can happen through (often not
+				intended) BIOS settings, restrictions
+				triggered through a service processor or other
+				BIOS/HW based implementations.
+				This does not cover thermal ACPI limitations
+				which can be detected through the generic
+				thermal driver.
+
 If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to
 set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out
 the current frequency in
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 8b581d3905cb47214af854582e24a379fac444f3..d2e7c77c1ea4901a8e3e6b2a70c99b5c991132f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -764,14 +764,15 @@ static struct freq_attr *acpi_cpufreq_attr[] = {
 };
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver acpi_cpufreq_driver = {
-	.verify = acpi_cpufreq_verify,
-	.target = acpi_cpufreq_target,
-	.init = acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init,
-	.exit = acpi_cpufreq_cpu_exit,
-	.resume = acpi_cpufreq_resume,
-	.name = "acpi-cpufreq",
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.attr = acpi_cpufreq_attr,
+	.verify		= acpi_cpufreq_verify,
+	.target		= acpi_cpufreq_target,
+	.bios_limit	= acpi_processor_get_bios_limit,
+	.init		= acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init,
+	.exit		= acpi_cpufreq_cpu_exit,
+	.resume		= acpi_cpufreq_resume,
+	.name		= "acpi-cpufreq",
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.attr		= acpi_cpufreq_attr,
 };
 
 static int __init acpi_cpufreq_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
index f10dea409f40c3755754fbad0ae1b91eb6d1f604..cb01dac267d3de14486db1bf3ed081be5999a45e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int powernow_k6_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	}
 
 	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
-	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
+	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 200000;
 	policy->cur = busfreq * max_multiplier;
 
 	result = cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy, clock_ratio);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
index d47c775eb0abce217593a99cd06dba2f87125977..9a97116f89e5ebc4805db1c608c5e79e96d847f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
@@ -714,14 +714,17 @@ static struct freq_attr *powernow_table_attr[] = {
 };
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver powernow_driver = {
-	.verify	= powernow_verify,
-	.target	= powernow_target,
-	.get	= powernow_get,
-	.init	= powernow_cpu_init,
-	.exit	= powernow_cpu_exit,
-	.name	= "powernow-k7",
-	.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
-	.attr	= powernow_table_attr,
+	.verify		= powernow_verify,
+	.target		= powernow_target,
+	.get		= powernow_get,
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K7_ACPI
+	.bios_limit	= acpi_processor_get_bios_limit,
+#endif
+	.init		= powernow_cpu_init,
+	.exit		= powernow_cpu_exit,
+	.name		= "powernow-k7",
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.attr		= powernow_table_attr,
 };
 
 static int __init powernow_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 3f12dabeab525d2de56321c6dc1a1a6817d8db7a..a9df9441a9a240cd138b6492896cc0788a04cf1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ static int transition_frequency_pstate(struct powernow_k8_data *data,
 static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol,
 		unsigned targfreq, unsigned relation)
 {
-	cpumask_t oldmask;
+	cpumask_var_t oldmask;
 	struct powernow_k8_data *data = per_cpu(powernow_data, pol->cpu);
 	u32 checkfid;
 	u32 checkvid;
@@ -1131,9 +1131,13 @@ static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol,
 	checkfid = data->currfid;
 	checkvid = data->currvid;
 
-	/* only run on specific CPU from here on */
-	oldmask = current->cpus_allowed;
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(pol->cpu));
+	/* only run on specific CPU from here on. */
+	/* This is poor form: use a workqueue or smp_call_function_single */
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&oldmask, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cpumask_copy(oldmask, tsk_cpumask(current));
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(pol->cpu));
 
 	if (smp_processor_id() != pol->cpu) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "limiting to cpu %u failed\n", pol->cpu);
@@ -1193,7 +1197,8 @@ static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol,
 	ret = 0;
 
 err_out:
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &oldmask);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, oldmask);
+	free_cpumask_var(oldmask);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1393,14 +1398,15 @@ static struct freq_attr *powernow_k8_attr[] = {
 };
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver cpufreq_amd64_driver = {
-	.verify = powernowk8_verify,
-	.target = powernowk8_target,
-	.init = powernowk8_cpu_init,
-	.exit = __devexit_p(powernowk8_cpu_exit),
-	.get = powernowk8_get,
-	.name = "powernow-k8",
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.attr = powernow_k8_attr,
+	.verify		= powernowk8_verify,
+	.target		= powernowk8_target,
+	.bios_limit	= acpi_processor_get_bios_limit,
+	.init		= powernowk8_cpu_init,
+	.exit		= __devexit_p(powernowk8_cpu_exit),
+	.get		= powernowk8_get,
+	.name		= "powernow-k8",
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.attr		= powernow_k8_attr,
 };
 
 /* driver entry point for init */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
index 3ae5a7a3a500dc2ddf392ba730736ade952057d7..2ce8e0b5cc541b38052f4c2075fbd021f745ba06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static struct pci_dev *speedstep_chipset_dev;
 
 /* speedstep_processor
  */
-static unsigned int speedstep_processor;
+static enum speedstep_processor speedstep_processor;
 
 static u32 pmbase;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c
index f4c290b8482f8718cb876095f227fc5cb58e7320..ad0083abfa23f7fcdc30c4a5e8d0ada72214db92 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int relaxed_check;
  *                   GET PROCESSOR CORE SPEED IN KHZ                 *
  *********************************************************************/
 
-static unsigned int pentium3_get_frequency(unsigned int processor)
+static unsigned int pentium3_get_frequency(enum speedstep_processor processor)
 {
 	/* See table 14 of p3_ds.pdf and table 22 of 29834003.pdf */
 	struct {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static unsigned int pentium4_get_frequency(void)
 
 
 /* Warning: may get called from smp_call_function_single. */
-unsigned int speedstep_get_frequency(unsigned int processor)
+unsigned int speedstep_get_frequency(enum speedstep_processor processor)
 {
 	switch (processor) {
 	case SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PCORE:
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(speedstep_detect_processor);
  *                     DETECT SPEEDSTEP SPEEDS                       *
  *********************************************************************/
 
-unsigned int speedstep_get_freqs(unsigned int processor,
+unsigned int speedstep_get_freqs(enum speedstep_processor processor,
 				  unsigned int *low_speed,
 				  unsigned int *high_speed,
 				  unsigned int *transition_latency,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.h
index 2b6c04e5a30429a011a78f20e74bf7413548f6ad..70d9cea1219df63eb37db0b325a03a483f842d7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.h
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@
 
 
 /* processors */
-
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PIII_C_EARLY	0x00000001  /* Coppermine core */
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PIII_C		0x00000002  /* Coppermine core */
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PIII_T		0x00000003  /* Tualatin core */
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_P4M		0x00000004  /* P4-M  */
-
+enum speedstep_processor {
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PIII_C_EARLY = 0x00000001,  /* Coppermine core */
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PIII_C	   = 0x00000002,  /* Coppermine core */
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PIII_T	   = 0x00000003,  /* Tualatin core */
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_P4M	   = 0x00000004,  /* P4-M  */
 /* the following processors are not speedstep-capable and are not auto-detected
  * in speedstep_detect_processor(). However, their speed can be detected using
  * the speedstep_get_frequency() call. */
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PM		0xFFFFFF03  /* Pentium M  */
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_P4D		0xFFFFFF04  /* desktop P4  */
-#define SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PCORE		0xFFFFFF05  /* Core */
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PM	   = 0xFFFFFF03,  /* Pentium M  */
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_P4D	   = 0xFFFFFF04,  /* desktop P4  */
+	SPEEDSTEP_CPU_PCORE	   = 0xFFFFFF05,  /* Core */
+};
 
 /* speedstep states -- only two of them */
 
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 
 
 /* detect a speedstep-capable processor */
-extern unsigned int speedstep_detect_processor (void);
+extern enum speedstep_processor speedstep_detect_processor(void);
 
 /* detect the current speed (in khz) of the processor */
-extern unsigned int speedstep_get_frequency(unsigned int processor);
+extern unsigned int speedstep_get_frequency(enum speedstep_processor processor);
 
 
 /* detect the low and high speeds of the processor. The callback
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern unsigned int speedstep_get_frequency(unsigned int processor);
  * SPEEDSTEP_LOW; the second argument is zero so that no
  * cpufreq_notify_transition calls are initiated.
  */
-extern unsigned int speedstep_get_freqs(unsigned int processor,
+extern unsigned int speedstep_get_freqs(enum speedstep_processor processor,
 	unsigned int *low_speed,
 	unsigned int *high_speed,
 	unsigned int *transition_latency,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
index befea088e4f58b472259f955a8304e5c834e083f..04d73c114e4944d4bcceaa577c82b8f9545a9a53 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int smi_cmd;
 static unsigned int smi_sig;
 
 /* info about the processor */
-static unsigned int speedstep_processor;
+static enum speedstep_processor speedstep_processor;
 
 /*
  * There are only two frequency states for each processor. Values
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 8ba0ed0b9ddbc912684d398e2eda14357920aed4..01e366d2b6fb14475e0b6074b886fd8b55877348 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 		return cpufreq_update_policy(pr->id);
 }
 
+int acpi_processor_get_bios_limit(int cpu, unsigned int *limit)
+{
+	struct acpi_processor *pr;
+
+	pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
+	if (!pr || !pr->performance || !pr->performance->state_count)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	*limit = pr->performance->states[pr->performance_platform_limit].
+		core_frequency * 1000;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_processor_get_bios_limit);
+
 void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void)
 {
 	if (!cpufreq_register_notifier
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index ff57c40e9b8b94905ca090e79698390a66ad2583..f20668c09ce0611d3da1fa8582514ccfec949347 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -647,6 +647,21 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_setspeed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 	return policy->governor->show_setspeed(policy, buf);
 }
 
+/**
+ * show_scaling_driver - show the current cpufreq HW/BIOS limitation
+ */
+static ssize_t show_bios_limit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
+{
+	unsigned int limit;
+	int ret;
+	if (cpufreq_driver->bios_limit) {
+		ret = cpufreq_driver->bios_limit(policy->cpu, &limit);
+		if (!ret)
+			return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", limit);
+	}
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+}
+
 #define define_one_ro(_name) \
 static struct freq_attr _name = \
 __ATTR(_name, 0444, show_##_name, NULL)
@@ -666,6 +681,7 @@ define_one_ro(cpuinfo_transition_latency);
 define_one_ro(scaling_available_governors);
 define_one_ro(scaling_driver);
 define_one_ro(scaling_cur_freq);
+define_one_ro(bios_limit);
 define_one_ro(related_cpus);
 define_one_ro(affected_cpus);
 define_one_rw(scaling_min_freq);
@@ -767,8 +783,9 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
  *   0:        Success
  *   Positive: When we have a managed CPU and the sysfs got symlinked
  */
-int cpufreq_add_dev_policy(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		struct sys_device *sys_dev)
+static int cpufreq_add_dev_policy(unsigned int cpu,
+				  struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+				  struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -842,7 +859,8 @@ int cpufreq_add_dev_policy(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 
 /* symlink affected CPUs */
-int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(unsigned int cpu,
+				   struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	unsigned int j;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -869,8 +887,9 @@ int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		struct sys_device *sys_dev)
+static int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(unsigned int cpu,
+				     struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+				     struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
 	struct freq_attr **drv_attr;
@@ -902,6 +921,11 @@ int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_out_kobj_put;
 	}
+	if (cpufreq_driver->bios_limit) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &bios_limit.attr);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_out_kobj_put;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index c7b081b839ffe1fb37df117fb2f0395467383ec4..599a40b25cb06e26e14734e4af00efde52b57822 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -164,20 +164,22 @@ static struct notifier_block dbs_cpufreq_notifier_block = {
 };
 
 /************************** sysfs interface ************************/
-static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_max(struct kobject *kobj,
+				      struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max "
 		    "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U);
 }
 
-static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct kobject *kobj,
+				      struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate);
 }
 
 #define define_one_ro(_name)		\
-static struct freq_attr _name =		\
+static struct global_attr _name =	\
 __ATTR(_name, 0444, show_##_name, NULL)
 
 define_one_ro(sampling_rate_max);
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ define_one_ro(sampling_rate_min);
 /* cpufreq_conservative Governor Tunables */
 #define show_one(file_name, object)					\
 static ssize_t show_##file_name						\
-(struct cpufreq_policy *unused, char *buf)				\
+(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *buf)		\
 {									\
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", dbs_tuners_ins.object);		\
 }
@@ -197,8 +199,40 @@ show_one(down_threshold, down_threshold);
 show_one(ignore_nice_load, ignore_nice);
 show_one(freq_step, freq_step);
 
-static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
-		const char *buf, size_t count)
+/*** delete after deprecation time ***/
+#define DEPRECATION_MSG(file_name)					\
+	printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: Per core conservative sysfs "	\
+		"interface is deprecated - " #file_name "\n");
+
+#define show_one_old(file_name)						\
+static ssize_t show_##file_name##_old					\
+(struct cpufreq_policy *unused, char *buf)				\
+{									\
+	printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: Per core conservative sysfs "	\
+		"interface is deprecated - " #file_name "\n");		\
+	return show_##file_name(NULL, NULL, buf);			\
+}
+show_one_old(sampling_rate);
+show_one_old(sampling_down_factor);
+show_one_old(up_threshold);
+show_one_old(down_threshold);
+show_one_old(ignore_nice_load);
+show_one_old(freq_step);
+show_one_old(sampling_rate_min);
+show_one_old(sampling_rate_max);
+
+#define define_one_ro_old(object, _name)	\
+static struct freq_attr object =		\
+__ATTR(_name, 0444, show_##_name##_old, NULL)
+
+define_one_ro_old(sampling_rate_min_old, sampling_rate_min);
+define_one_ro_old(sampling_rate_max_old, sampling_rate_max);
+
+/*** delete after deprecation time ***/
+
+static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct kobject *a,
+					  struct attribute *b,
+					  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
 	int ret;
@@ -214,8 +248,8 @@ static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
-		const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
+				   const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
 	int ret;
@@ -231,8 +265,8 @@ static ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_up_threshold(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
-		const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t store_up_threshold(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
 	int ret;
@@ -251,8 +285,8 @@ static ssize_t store_up_threshold(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_down_threshold(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
-		const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t store_down_threshold(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
+				    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
 	int ret;
@@ -272,8 +306,8 @@ static ssize_t store_down_threshold(struct cpufreq_policy *unused,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_ignore_nice_load(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t store_ignore_nice_load(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
+				      const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
 	int ret;
@@ -308,8 +342,8 @@ static ssize_t store_ignore_nice_load(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_freq_step(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t store_freq_step(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
+			       const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
 	int ret;
@@ -331,7 +365,7 @@ static ssize_t store_freq_step(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 }
 
 #define define_one_rw(_name) \
-static struct freq_attr _name = \
+static struct global_attr _name = \
 __ATTR(_name, 0644, show_##_name, store_##_name)
 
 define_one_rw(sampling_rate);
@@ -358,6 +392,53 @@ static struct attribute_group dbs_attr_group = {
 	.name = "conservative",
 };
 
+/*** delete after deprecation time ***/
+
+#define write_one_old(file_name)					\
+static ssize_t store_##file_name##_old					\
+(struct cpufreq_policy *unused, const char *buf, size_t count)		\
+{									\
+	printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: Per core conservative sysfs "	\
+		"interface is deprecated - " #file_name "\n");	\
+	return store_##file_name(NULL, NULL, buf, count);		\
+}
+write_one_old(sampling_rate);
+write_one_old(sampling_down_factor);
+write_one_old(up_threshold);
+write_one_old(down_threshold);
+write_one_old(ignore_nice_load);
+write_one_old(freq_step);
+
+#define define_one_rw_old(object, _name)	\
+static struct freq_attr object =		\
+__ATTR(_name, 0644, show_##_name##_old, store_##_name##_old)
+
+define_one_rw_old(sampling_rate_old, sampling_rate);
+define_one_rw_old(sampling_down_factor_old, sampling_down_factor);
+define_one_rw_old(up_threshold_old, up_threshold);
+define_one_rw_old(down_threshold_old, down_threshold);
+define_one_rw_old(ignore_nice_load_old, ignore_nice_load);
+define_one_rw_old(freq_step_old, freq_step);
+
+static struct attribute *dbs_attributes_old[] = {
+	&sampling_rate_max_old.attr,
+	&sampling_rate_min_old.attr,
+	&sampling_rate_old.attr,
+	&sampling_down_factor_old.attr,
+	&up_threshold_old.attr,
+	&down_threshold_old.attr,
+	&ignore_nice_load_old.attr,
+	&freq_step_old.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group dbs_attr_group_old = {
+	.attrs = dbs_attributes_old,
+	.name = "conservative",
+};
+
+/*** delete after deprecation time ***/
+
 /************************** sysfs end ************************/
 
 static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
@@ -530,7 +611,7 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 		mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex);
 
-		rc = sysfs_create_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group);
+		rc = sysfs_create_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group_old);
 		if (rc) {
 			mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
 			return rc;
@@ -564,6 +645,13 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			if (latency == 0)
 				latency = 1;
 
+			rc = sysfs_create_group(cpufreq_global_kobject,
+						&dbs_attr_group);
+			if (rc) {
+				mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
+				return rc;
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * conservative does not implement micro like ondemand
 			 * governor, thus we are bound to jiffes/HZ
@@ -591,7 +679,7 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		dbs_timer_exit(this_dbs_info);
 
 		mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex);
-		sysfs_remove_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group);
+		sysfs_remove_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group_old);
 		dbs_enable--;
 		mutex_destroy(&this_dbs_info->timer_mutex);
 
@@ -605,6 +693,9 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 					CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
 
 		mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
+		if (!dbs_enable)
+			sysfs_remove_group(cpufreq_global_kobject,
+					   &dbs_attr_group);
 
 		break;
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
index 740ac3ad8fd06fc61b8e2dacc10054ec27469439..8b668ead6d6e84a55f7cd9c743524cbeace28e1a 100644
--- a/include/acpi/processor.h
+++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(struct acpi_processor_cx
 void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void);
 void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void);
 int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr);
+extern int acpi_processor_get_bios_limit(int cpu, unsigned int *limit);
 #else
 static inline void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void)
 {
@@ -316,6 +317,11 @@ static inline int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline int acpi_processor_get_bios_limit(int cpu, unsigned int *limit)
+{
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
 #endif				/* CONFIG_CPU_FREQ */
 
 /* in processor_throttling.c */
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 79a2340d83cda45c88138841fe4b2a8a3892bcad..4de02b10007ff4258ce6be681687d263239e1c12 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	/* optional */
 	unsigned int (*getavg)	(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				 unsigned int cpu);
+	int	(*bios_limit)	(int cpu, unsigned int *limit);
 
 	int	(*exit)		(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	int	(*suspend)	(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, pm_message_t pmsg);