linux-kernel - Re: [discuss] Linux 2.6.19-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2)

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Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:30:01 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Christian <christiand59@....de>,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey_y_starikovskiy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [discuss] Linux 2.6.19-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2)

On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:20:49PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 04:43:13PM +0100, Christian wrote:
> 
>  > > Did you have CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y in 2.6.18, or did
>  > > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m, CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y work for you in 2.6.18?
>  > 
>  > It worked with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m in 2.6.18-rc7. Since 2.6.19-rc1 it 
>  > doesn't work anymore with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m.
>  > 
>  > user@...ntu:~/Projekte/linux-2.6.18-rc7$ grep -i ACPI_PROCESSOR /boot/config-2.6.18-rc7
>  > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
>  > 
>  > user@...ntu:~/Projekte/linux-2.6.18-rc7$ 
>  > grep -Ei "POWERNOW_K8" /boot/config-2.6.18-rc7
>  > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=m
>  > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI=y
>  > 
>  > +++ There's a difference in 2.6.19! CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI is gone +++
> 
> I don't understand how this was allowed. Because when I try this
> with a 2.6.18 tree..  (nothing changed between -rc7 and final for cpufreq)
> 
> <editted a .config to match your config>
> 
> $ grep ACPI_PROCESSOR .config
> CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
> $ grep POWERNOW_K8 .config
> CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y
> CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI=y
> 
> and then after a make oldconfig the CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI is removed
> as it isn't valid.
> 
> Did you edit your .config by hand ?

Look closer, his linux-2.6.18-rc7 .config contains 
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m, CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=m.

> 	Dave

cu
Adrian

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