Messages in this thread | | | From | Prakash Punnoor <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver | Date | Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:58 +0200 |
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Am Mittwoch 16 Mai 2007 schrieb Joshua Hoblitt: > Hello, > > Below is a one line patch to possibly fix this bug: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178585 > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8075 > > If the kernel is configured with: > > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y > CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m > > Which is currently an allowed configuration, the powernow-k8 driver on > an SMP system will fail with a warning like:
NAK. I have an Athlon X2 and it works for me w/o the P states driver compiled in.
YOu probably should ask the vendor to fix the bios or simply compile in the p states driver additionally w/o forcing the user to do it.
Maybe you want to give a hint in the p states driver help text? -- (°= =°) //\ Prakash Punnoor /\\ V_/ \_V [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |