[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2009-07-21 Thread Leann Ogasawara
This should be resolved for Karmic with the new kernel config changes the Ubuntu kernel team is using. See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /kernel-team/2009-June/006034.html for more information. And indeed reviewing the current cpufreq config options I see the following which shows each optio

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Andy Whitcroft
@Daniel Kulesz -- you indicate that you know that these drivers are now deprecated. Where did you see that documented? It would be good to have a link to that information here. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug no

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Daniel Kulesz
|Andy Whitcroft -- The help text for the driver in the kernel source (I don't know where it resides, haven't been able to locate it using an online source code browser) indicates that. Also it's mentioned in some forums, i.e. here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=477452 -- cpufreq module

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-25 Thread Leann Ogasawara
** Tags added: kconfig -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-26 Thread BUGabundo
FYI: Jaunty $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel total 80K drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K 2008-10-13 14:14 cpu/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2008-11-04 20:53 cpuid.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread BUGabundo
i'm running a C2D and I have support for it. $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ total 64K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2008-10-07 06:37 acpi-cpufreq.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K 2008-10-07 06:37 powernow-k8.ko $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue O

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread Graeme Humphries
BUGabundo: Well yes. As per my original report, those are the modules that are still available. But like I said initially, there's tons of missing modules which are required for certain Intel CPUs, older AMD CPUs, and older motherboards, and AFAIK those are still missing. -- cpufreq modules missi

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yep, looks like the same issue, Daniel. I'm not aware of any reason why the modules aren't included, which is why I've been trying to get this fixed. Perhaps someone on the kernel team can comment, though. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2464

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Meanwhile I found out why - the modules are deprecated (on i386 also) and the code from speedstep-centrino has been merged into acpi-cpufreq. I reinstalled the system in 32bit mode and the issue still persists. The reason behind this is that the ACPI tables (DSDT, but i suspend rather the SSDT) ar

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Oh, interesting. I don't really agree with the course of action though, since in over 10 machines, I don't have a single one that works with acpi-cpufreq. It's all well and good to want to move in that direction, but if the majority of people need an undocumented BIOS hack to make things work, it's

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Also, I see on the page you linked to that overriding the DSDT "is not a viable way to run a production system, as no vendor would support a system when the customer has modified the system firmware, and no Linux Distributor could possibly support modified system firmware either. " So I'm not sure

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Seems like this issue could also be related to the problem mentioned, where CPU Frequency breaks for an Intel Core2Duo System on amd64: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975142 is there a reason those modules are *not* included? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 http

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Well yes, I agree with you, but I am not sure this is an issue we should fix in Ubuntu ourselves, overriding the current Linux Kernel policies. The speedstep_centrino module is included in i386 (but doens't work there anyhow - at least on my machine) and is ommitted on amd64. I guess this is the sa

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yes, that's fair. If Ubuntu decides to start shipping "repaired" tables as part of the initramfs or something, that'd be an acceptable fix too, I guess. I'm just concerned that at this point, I have no frequency scaling on any of my Intel machines... not even a single step down like you. -- cpufr

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Sorry you must have misunderstood - I also don't have this stepdown. The stepdown mentioned relates to what Windows Vista is offering (observed with the CPU-Z utility). In Ubuntu the machine runs remarkably noisy which is a major annoyance for me, I am really satisfied with the box except this cruc

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-08 Thread Graeme Humphries
Alright, we're in the beta now, and this is still not fixed. Can I assume there's no plan to fix this for intrepid, and that laptop users on amd64 are basically just screwed for battery life? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You receive

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread BUGabundo
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread Graeme Humphries
I'd like to reiterate that this is a fairly crucial bit of functionality for laptop users, and so it *really* should be reinstated before Intrepid launches. Especially since Intrepid is being billed as better for netbook-type computers, it certainly won't be without proper CPU frequency scaling. -

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Leann Ogasawara
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test: 1) If you are comfortable

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Graeme Humphries
Just took a look at kernel packages linux- image-2.6.26-5-generic_2.6.26-5.17_amd64.deb and linux- image-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.2_amd64.deb. Both only contains powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq. So this is still an issue in intrepid. ** Tags added: linux-2.6.24 linux-2.6.26 linux-2.6.27 -- cpufreq

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread BUGabundo
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread Graeme Humphries
I'd like to reiterate that this is a fairly crucial bit of functionality for laptop users, and so it *really* should be reinstated before Intrepid launches. Especially since Intrepid is being billed as better for netbook-type computers, it certainly won't be without proper CPU frequency scaling. -

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread BUGabundo
i'm running a C2D and I have support for it. $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ total 64K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2008-10-07 06:37 acpi-cpufreq.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K 2008-10-07 06:37 powernow-k8.ko $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue O

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread Graeme Humphries
BUGabundo: Well yes. As per my original report, those are the modules that are still available. But like I said initially, there's tons of missing modules which are required for certain Intel CPUs, older AMD CPUs, and older motherboards, and AFAIK those are still missing. -- cpufreq modules missi

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-08 Thread Graeme Humphries
Alright, we're in the beta now, and this is still not fixed. Can I assume there's no plan to fix this for intrepid, and that laptop users on amd64 are basically just screwed for battery life? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You receive

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Andy Whitcroft
@Daniel Kulesz -- you indicate that you know that these drivers are now deprecated. Where did you see that documented? It would be good to have a link to that information here. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug no

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Daniel Kulesz
|Andy Whitcroft -- The help text for the driver in the kernel source (I don't know where it resides, haven't been able to locate it using an online source code browser) indicates that. Also it's mentioned in some forums, i.e. here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=477452 -- cpufreq module

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Sorry you must have misunderstood - I also don't have this stepdown. The stepdown mentioned relates to what Windows Vista is offering (observed with the CPU-Z utility). In Ubuntu the machine runs remarkably noisy which is a major annoyance for me, I am really satisfied with the box except this cruc

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-25 Thread Leann Ogasawara
** Tags added: kconfig -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-26 Thread BUGabundo
FYI: Jaunty $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel total 80K drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K 2008-10-13 14:14 cpu/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2008-11-04 20:53 cpuid.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yep, looks like the same issue, Daniel. I'm not aware of any reason why the modules aren't included, which is why I've been trying to get this fixed. Perhaps someone on the kernel team can comment, though. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2464

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Meanwhile I found out why - the modules are deprecated (on i386 also) and the code from speedstep-centrino has been merged into acpi-cpufreq. I reinstalled the system in 32bit mode and the issue still persists. The reason behind this is that the ACPI tables (DSDT, but i suspend rather the SSDT) ar

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Oh, interesting. I don't really agree with the course of action though, since in over 10 machines, I don't have a single one that works with acpi-cpufreq. It's all well and good to want to move in that direction, but if the majority of people need an undocumented BIOS hack to make things work, it's

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Also, I see on the page you linked to that overriding the DSDT "is not a viable way to run a production system, as no vendor would support a system when the customer has modified the system firmware, and no Linux Distributor could possibly support modified system firmware either. " So I'm not sure

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Seems like this issue could also be related to the problem mentioned, where CPU Frequency breaks for an Intel Core2Duo System on amd64: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975142 is there a reason those modules are *not* included? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 http

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Well yes, I agree with you, but I am not sure this is an issue we should fix in Ubuntu ourselves, overriding the current Linux Kernel policies. The speedstep_centrino module is included in i386 (but doens't work there anyhow - at least on my machine) and is ommitted on amd64. I guess this is the sa

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yes, that's fair. If Ubuntu decides to start shipping "repaired" tables as part of the initramfs or something, that'd be an acceptable fix too, I guess. I'm just concerned that at this point, I have no frequency scaling on any of my Intel machines... not even a single step down like you. -- cpufr

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Leann Ogasawara
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test: 1) If you are comfortable

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Graeme Humphries
Just took a look at kernel packages linux- image-2.6.26-5-generic_2.6.26-5.17_amd64.deb and linux- image-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.2_amd64.deb. Both only contains powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq. So this is still an issue in intrepid. ** Tags added: linux-2.6.24 linux-2.6.26 linux-2.6.27 -- cpufreq

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Andy Whitcroft
@Daniel Kulesz -- you indicate that you know that these drivers are now deprecated. Where did you see that documented? It would be good to have a link to that information here. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug no

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Daniel Kulesz
|Andy Whitcroft -- The help text for the driver in the kernel source (I don't know where it resides, haven't been able to locate it using an online source code browser) indicates that. Also it's mentioned in some forums, i.e. here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=477452 -- cpufreq module

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2009-07-21 Thread Leann Ogasawara
This should be resolved for Karmic with the new kernel config changes the Ubuntu kernel team is using. See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /kernel-team/2009-June/006034.html for more information. And indeed reviewing the current cpufreq config options I see the following which shows each optio

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Leann Ogasawara
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test: 1) If you are comfortable

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Graeme Humphries
Just took a look at kernel packages linux- image-2.6.26-5-generic_2.6.26-5.17_amd64.deb and linux- image-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.2_amd64.deb. Both only contains powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq. So this is still an issue in intrepid. ** Tags added: linux-2.6.24 linux-2.6.26 linux-2.6.27 -- cpufreq

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-08 Thread Graeme Humphries
Alright, we're in the beta now, and this is still not fixed. Can I assume there's no plan to fix this for intrepid, and that laptop users on amd64 are basically just screwed for battery life? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You receive

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread BUGabundo
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread Graeme Humphries
I'd like to reiterate that this is a fairly crucial bit of functionality for laptop users, and so it *really* should be reinstated before Intrepid launches. Especially since Intrepid is being billed as better for netbook-type computers, it certainly won't be without proper CPU frequency scaling. -

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread BUGabundo
i'm running a C2D and I have support for it. $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ total 64K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2008-10-07 06:37 acpi-cpufreq.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K 2008-10-07 06:37 powernow-k8.ko $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue O

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread Graeme Humphries
BUGabundo: Well yes. As per my original report, those are the modules that are still available. But like I said initially, there's tons of missing modules which are required for certain Intel CPUs, older AMD CPUs, and older motherboards, and AFAIK those are still missing. -- cpufreq modules missi

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-25 Thread Leann Ogasawara
** Tags added: kconfig -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-26 Thread BUGabundo
FYI: Jaunty $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel total 80K drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K 2008-10-13 14:14 cpu/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2008-11-04 20:53 cpuid.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yep, looks like the same issue, Daniel. I'm not aware of any reason why the modules aren't included, which is why I've been trying to get this fixed. Perhaps someone on the kernel team can comment, though. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2464

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Meanwhile I found out why - the modules are deprecated (on i386 also) and the code from speedstep-centrino has been merged into acpi-cpufreq. I reinstalled the system in 32bit mode and the issue still persists. The reason behind this is that the ACPI tables (DSDT, but i suspend rather the SSDT) ar

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Oh, interesting. I don't really agree with the course of action though, since in over 10 machines, I don't have a single one that works with acpi-cpufreq. It's all well and good to want to move in that direction, but if the majority of people need an undocumented BIOS hack to make things work, it's

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Also, I see on the page you linked to that overriding the DSDT "is not a viable way to run a production system, as no vendor would support a system when the customer has modified the system firmware, and no Linux Distributor could possibly support modified system firmware either. " So I'm not sure

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Seems like this issue could also be related to the problem mentioned, where CPU Frequency breaks for an Intel Core2Duo System on amd64: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975142 is there a reason those modules are *not* included? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 http

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Well yes, I agree with you, but I am not sure this is an issue we should fix in Ubuntu ourselves, overriding the current Linux Kernel policies. The speedstep_centrino module is included in i386 (but doens't work there anyhow - at least on my machine) and is ommitted on amd64. I guess this is the sa

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yes, that's fair. If Ubuntu decides to start shipping "repaired" tables as part of the initramfs or something, that'd be an acceptable fix too, I guess. I'm just concerned that at this point, I have no frequency scaling on any of my Intel machines... not even a single step down like you. -- cpufr

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Sorry you must have misunderstood - I also don't have this stepdown. The stepdown mentioned relates to what Windows Vista is offering (observed with the CPU-Z utility). In Ubuntu the machine runs remarkably noisy which is a major annoyance for me, I am really satisfied with the box except this cruc

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-08 Thread Graeme Humphries
Alright, we're in the beta now, and this is still not fixed. Can I assume there's no plan to fix this for intrepid, and that laptop users on amd64 are basically just screwed for battery life? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You receive

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread BUGabundo
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread Graeme Humphries
I'd like to reiterate that this is a fairly crucial bit of functionality for laptop users, and so it *really* should be reinstated before Intrepid launches. Especially since Intrepid is being billed as better for netbook-type computers, it certainly won't be without proper CPU frequency scaling. -

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread BUGabundo
i'm running a C2D and I have support for it. $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ total 64K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2008-10-07 06:37 acpi-cpufreq.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K 2008-10-07 06:37 powernow-k8.ko $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue O

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread Graeme Humphries
BUGabundo: Well yes. As per my original report, those are the modules that are still available. But like I said initially, there's tons of missing modules which are required for certain Intel CPUs, older AMD CPUs, and older motherboards, and AFAIK those are still missing. -- cpufreq modules missi

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2009-07-21 Thread Leann Ogasawara
This should be resolved for Karmic with the new kernel config changes the Ubuntu kernel team is using. See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /kernel-team/2009-June/006034.html for more information. And indeed reviewing the current cpufreq config options I see the following which shows each optio

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-08 Thread Graeme Humphries
Alright, we're in the beta now, and this is still not fixed. Can I assume there's no plan to fix this for intrepid, and that laptop users on amd64 are basically just screwed for battery life? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You receive

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread BUGabundo
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread Graeme Humphries
I'd like to reiterate that this is a fairly crucial bit of functionality for laptop users, and so it *really* should be reinstated before Intrepid launches. Especially since Intrepid is being billed as better for netbook-type computers, it certainly won't be without proper CPU frequency scaling. -

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread BUGabundo
i'm running a C2D and I have support for it. $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ total 64K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2008-10-07 06:37 acpi-cpufreq.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K 2008-10-07 06:37 powernow-k8.ko $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue O

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread Graeme Humphries
BUGabundo: Well yes. As per my original report, those are the modules that are still available. But like I said initially, there's tons of missing modules which are required for certain Intel CPUs, older AMD CPUs, and older motherboards, and AFAIK those are still missing. -- cpufreq modules missi

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Leann Ogasawara
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test: 1) If you are comfortable

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Graeme Humphries
Just took a look at kernel packages linux- image-2.6.26-5-generic_2.6.26-5.17_amd64.deb and linux- image-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.2_amd64.deb. Both only contains powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq. So this is still an issue in intrepid. ** Tags added: linux-2.6.24 linux-2.6.26 linux-2.6.27 -- cpufreq

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Andy Whitcroft
@Daniel Kulesz -- you indicate that you know that these drivers are now deprecated. Where did you see that documented? It would be good to have a link to that information here. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug no

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-12-07 Thread Daniel Kulesz
|Andy Whitcroft -- The help text for the driver in the kernel source (I don't know where it resides, haven't been able to locate it using an online source code browser) indicates that. Also it's mentioned in some forums, i.e. here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=477452 -- cpufreq module

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-25 Thread Leann Ogasawara
** Tags added: kconfig -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-26 Thread BUGabundo
FYI: Jaunty $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel total 80K drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K 2008-10-13 14:14 cpu/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2008-11-04 20:53 cpuid.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yep, looks like the same issue, Daniel. I'm not aware of any reason why the modules aren't included, which is why I've been trying to get this fixed. Perhaps someone on the kernel team can comment, though. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2464

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Meanwhile I found out why - the modules are deprecated (on i386 also) and the code from speedstep-centrino has been merged into acpi-cpufreq. I reinstalled the system in 32bit mode and the issue still persists. The reason behind this is that the ACPI tables (DSDT, but i suspend rather the SSDT) ar

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Oh, interesting. I don't really agree with the course of action though, since in over 10 machines, I don't have a single one that works with acpi-cpufreq. It's all well and good to want to move in that direction, but if the majority of people need an undocumented BIOS hack to make things work, it's

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Also, I see on the page you linked to that overriding the DSDT "is not a viable way to run a production system, as no vendor would support a system when the customer has modified the system firmware, and no Linux Distributor could possibly support modified system firmware either. " So I'm not sure

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Seems like this issue could also be related to the problem mentioned, where CPU Frequency breaks for an Intel Core2Duo System on amd64: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975142 is there a reason those modules are *not* included? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 http

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Well yes, I agree with you, but I am not sure this is an issue we should fix in Ubuntu ourselves, overriding the current Linux Kernel policies. The speedstep_centrino module is included in i386 (but doens't work there anyhow - at least on my machine) and is ommitted on amd64. I guess this is the sa

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yes, that's fair. If Ubuntu decides to start shipping "repaired" tables as part of the initramfs or something, that'd be an acceptable fix too, I guess. I'm just concerned that at this point, I have no frequency scaling on any of my Intel machines... not even a single step down like you. -- cpufr

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Sorry you must have misunderstood - I also don't have this stepdown. The stepdown mentioned relates to what Windows Vista is offering (observed with the CPU-Z utility). In Ubuntu the machine runs remarkably noisy which is a major annoyance for me, I am really satisfied with the box except this cruc

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Leann Ogasawara
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test: 1) If you are comfortable

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-08-28 Thread Graeme Humphries
Just took a look at kernel packages linux- image-2.6.26-5-generic_2.6.26-5.17_amd64.deb and linux- image-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.2_amd64.deb. Both only contains powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq. So this is still an issue in intrepid. ** Tags added: linux-2.6.24 linux-2.6.26 linux-2.6.27 -- cpufreq

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2009-07-21 Thread Leann Ogasawara
This should be resolved for Karmic with the new kernel config changes the Ubuntu kernel team is using. See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /kernel-team/2009-June/006034.html for more information. And indeed reviewing the current cpufreq config options I see the following which shows each optio

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2009-07-21 Thread Leann Ogasawara
This should be resolved for Karmic with the new kernel config changes the Ubuntu kernel team is using. See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /kernel-team/2009-June/006034.html for more information. And indeed reviewing the current cpufreq config options I see the following which shows each optio

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-08 Thread Graeme Humphries
Alright, we're in the beta now, and this is still not fixed. Can I assume there's no plan to fix this for intrepid, and that laptop users on amd64 are basically just screwed for battery life? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You receive

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread BUGabundo
i'm running a C2D and I have support for it. $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ total 64K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2008-10-07 06:37 acpi-cpufreq.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K 2008-10-07 06:37 powernow-k8.ko $ uname -a Linux blubug 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue O

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-10-13 Thread Graeme Humphries
BUGabundo: Well yes. As per my original report, those are the modules that are still available. But like I said initially, there's tons of missing modules which are required for certain Intel CPUs, older AMD CPUs, and older motherboards, and AFAIK those are still missing. -- cpufreq modules missi

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yep, looks like the same issue, Daniel. I'm not aware of any reason why the modules aren't included, which is why I've been trying to get this fixed. Perhaps someone on the kernel team can comment, though. -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2464

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Meanwhile I found out why - the modules are deprecated (on i386 also) and the code from speedstep-centrino has been merged into acpi-cpufreq. I reinstalled the system in 32bit mode and the issue still persists. The reason behind this is that the ACPI tables (DSDT, but i suspend rather the SSDT) ar

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Oh, interesting. I don't really agree with the course of action though, since in over 10 machines, I don't have a single one that works with acpi-cpufreq. It's all well and good to want to move in that direction, but if the majority of people need an undocumented BIOS hack to make things work, it's

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Also, I see on the page you linked to that overriding the DSDT "is not a viable way to run a production system, as no vendor would support a system when the customer has modified the system firmware, and no Linux Distributor could possibly support modified system firmware either. " So I'm not sure

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Seems like this issue could also be related to the problem mentioned, where CPU Frequency breaks for an Intel Core2Duo System on amd64: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975142 is there a reason those modules are *not* included? -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 http

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Well yes, I agree with you, but I am not sure this is an issue we should fix in Ubuntu ourselves, overriding the current Linux Kernel policies. The speedstep_centrino module is included in i386 (but doens't work there anyhow - at least on my machine) and is ommitted on amd64. I guess this is the sa

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Graeme Humphries
Yes, that's fair. If Ubuntu decides to start shipping "repaired" tables as part of the initramfs or something, that'd be an acceptable fix too, I guess. I'm just concerned that at this point, I have no frequency scaling on any of my Intel machines... not even a single step down like you. -- cpufr

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-11-10 Thread Daniel Kulesz
Sorry you must have misunderstood - I also don't have this stepdown. The stepdown mentioned relates to what Windows Vista is offering (observed with the CPU-Z utility). In Ubuntu the machine runs remarkably noisy which is a major annoyance for me, I am really satisfied with the box except this cruc

[Bug 246434] Re: cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64

2008-09-11 Thread BUGabundo
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- cpufreq modules missing in hardy and intrepid amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

  1   2   >