Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759738AbXEPSjR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 14:39:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756689AbXEPSjG (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 14:39:06 -0400 Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.49]:41297 "EHLO mail-in-09.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755753AbXEPSjF (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 14:39:05 -0400 From: Prakash Punnoor To: Joshua Hoblitt Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:58 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: LKML , trivial@kernel.org References: <20070516011711.GE15763@ifa.hawaii.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070516011711.GE15763@ifa.hawaii.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3622395.dRHanFXsEW"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200705162039.02379.prakash@punnoor.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1591 Lines: 54 --nextPart3622395.dRHanFXsEW Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=3D178585 > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D8075 > > If the kernel is configured with: > > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=3Dy > CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=3Dm > > 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 compil= ed=20 in. YOu probably should ask the vendor to fix the bios or simply compile in the= p=20 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? =2D-=20 (=B0=3D =3D=B0) //\ Prakash Punnoor /\\ V_/ \_V --nextPart3622395.dRHanFXsEW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGS0/GxU2n/+9+t5gRAsFdAJ40qlZZ2UuFiSJwgQeaJeLmWFbI6gCg1aq2 DSmoDj+u4RycWpE8+E3PrEY= =bEmm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3622395.dRHanFXsEW-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/