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

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Message-ID: <20061106173707.GR5778@stusta.de>
Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:37:07 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Christian <christiand59@....de>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	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 04:43:13PM +0100, Christian wrote:
> Am Montag, 6. November 2006 07:00 schrieb Adrian Bunk:
> > On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 06:32:12PM +0100, Christian wrote:
> > > Am Freitag, 3. November 2006 16:56 schrieb Dave Jones:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:25:37AM +0300, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
> > > >  > Could this be a problem?
> > > >  > --------------------
> > > >  > ...
> > > >  > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
> > > >  > ...
> > > >  > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, possibly.  Christian, does it work again if you set them both to
> > > > =y ?
> > >
> > > Yes, it works now! Only the change to CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y made it
> > > work again!
> >
> > You said 2.6.18 worked for you.
> >
> > 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$ uname -a
> Linux ubuntu.localnet 2.6.18-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Sep 13 11:28:41 CEST 2006 x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
> 
> user@...ntu:~/Projekte/linux-2.6.18-rc7$ lsmod | grep -Ei "processor|acpi|
> power"
> powernow_k8            16096  1
> freq_table              6848  2 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats
> cpufreq_powersave       3584  0
> asus_acpi              20644  0
> processor              36872  2 powernow_k8,thermal
> 
> 
> 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 +++
> 
> user@...ntu:~/Projekte/linux-2.6.18-rc7$ 
> grep -Ei "POWERNOW_K8" /boot/config-2.6.19-rc1
> CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y
>....

It's gone because you changed CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8 from m to y.

> -Christian

cu
Adrian

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