linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21: longhaul freq-scaling broken

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Date:	Tue, 01 May 2007 17:53:50 +0200
From:	Rafał Bilski <rafalbilski@...eria.pl>
To:	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Cc:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.21: longhaul freq-scaling broken

>> > Hi,
>> Hi
>> > the new longhaul driver of 2.6.21 is broken on my Via Eden board.
>> > Frequencies can no longer be switched by whatever governor.
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > I ported the longhaul driver from 2.6.20.7 to 2.6.21, it works fine.
>> Yes. My fault. Bug is known, but it was to late to include patch
>> fixing it in 2.6.21
>> > Yeah, I know there are only a few patches between both, but I would
>> like
>> > to reduce the test cycles to a minimum. Any suggestion where to look
>> > first is welcome therefore, ready-to-apply patches even more...
>> Longhaul ver. 2 support is the reason. First machine that was reported
>> not working is exactly like Your's: Samuel 2 600MHz. Patch reverting
>> changes is queued in cpufreq git. You can find it at
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=07844252ffd81ec192a62014bada1016c9703765
>>
> 
> Should it go to -stable?
If I understood Dave Jones correcly it is work in progress. 
> I have this on the list of known regressions already.
Can You send me more details? 
> Regards,
> Michal
Regards
Rafał

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