linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: select consistently (Re: 2.6.19-rc5-mm1)

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Date:	Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:39:09 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Reuben Farrelly <reuben-linuxkernel@...b.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: select consistently (Re: 2.6.19-rc5-mm1)

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 07:09:44PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
 
 > Why does arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig say:
 > 
 > config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
 > 	tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
 > 	select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
 > 	depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
 > 
 > but arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/Kconfig say:
 > 
 > config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
 > 	tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
 > 	depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
 > 
 > # NOTE: no "select" on the latter one.  // Randy

A better question might be why they're two separate Kconfig's.
x86-64 doesn't make its own copy of the drivers, so why are
the Kconfig's special ?

		Dave

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