powernow-k8 uses PSB BIOS tables to read frequency info on UP systems, but on SMP it requires the acpi-processor driver. Kconfig should be updated accordingly to avoid the issues that users are running into.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8075 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178585 Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config X86_POWERNOW_K7_ACPI config X86_POWERNOW_K8 tristate "AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!" select CPU_FREQ_TABLE + select ACPI_PROCESSOR if SMP depends on EXPERIMENTAL help This adds the CPUFreq driver for mobile AMD Opteron/Athlon64 processors. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
