linux-kernel - Re: remove cpu hotplug bustification in cpufreq.

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:21:10 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@...puserve.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: remove cpu hotplug bustification in cpufreq.

In-Reply-To: <1153738326.3043.13.camel@...topd505.fenrus.org>

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:52:05 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> > What kind of _crap_ is this cpufreq thing?
> 
> this is why lockdep got highly upset with it, and why Davej proposed to
> remove the locking entirely for now until it can be put back in a
> correct way....

I thought just the 'ondemand' governor was a problem?

That thing has been broken since day 1 AFAICT.  There are lots of
reports of problems with it on the list.

-- 
Chuck

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