This is from Ubuntu Saucy based on 3.10-rc7: [ 12.911676] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070 [ 12.911691] IP: [] od_set_powersave_bias+0x92/0xc0 For completeness I added the attached debug patch and built a vanilla 3.10-rc7 with the following result: [ 13.222262] od_set_powersave_bias !policy, cpu 0 [ 13.222843] od_set_powersave_bias !policy, cpu 1 [ 13.223380] od_set_powersave_bias !policy, cpu 2 [ 13.223922] od_set_powersave_bias !policy, cpu 3 Attachments: dmesg.txt - ubuntu kernel rebased on 3.10-rc7 dmesg_dbg.txt - vanilla 3.10-rc7 with debug patch 0001-cpufreq_ondemand.c-Added-debug.patch - debug patch config - 3.10-rc7 config rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com