Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver

[Prakash Punnoor <prakash@punnoor.de>]

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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?
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