linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States driver

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Message-ID: <464B9155.7070705@gentoo.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 19:18:45 -0400
From:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
To:	Ed Sweetman <safemode2@...cast.net>
CC:	Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@....hawaii.edu>,
	Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>,
	Prakash Punnoor <prakash@...noor.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig powernow-k8 driver should depend on ACPI P-States
 driver

Ed Sweetman wrote:
> Like i mentioned off list, the problem here is that cpu freq modules 
> dont depend (Kconfig) on CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR, yet they do.

Not really. Firstly, some of the cpufreq modules *do* depend on 
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR. Secondly, the ones that don't have an existing 
dependency do not actually depend on ACPI_PROCESSOR in some/most 
configurations.

I'll send in a patch to fix the real problem soon.

Daniel
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