linux-kernel - Re: [BUG?] Moving drivers to drivers/cpufreq/ causes all to be loaded

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Message-ID: <20110813190246.GA10412@elie.gateway.2wire.net>
Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:02:46 -0500
From:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Mattia Dongili <malattia@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG?] Moving drivers to drivers/cpufreq/ causes all to be loaded

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>  (1) This is still incredibly fragile.  What *should* cpufrequtils
>      be doing to get the modules it needs?
>
>  (2) Using the 3.0 or later kernel with old userspace gives bad
>      results (e.g., 30% increase in power consumption for one
>      reporter).  That's a regression.

The "30% increase" part was an unrelated bug (i915.i915_enable_rc6=1
brings power consumption back to normal), for those who were
wondering. :)

Old userspace automatically loading the wrong cpufreq drivers still
does not seem great to me, though I don't have any great ideas about
how to prevent that (a separate drivers/cpufreq-drivers/ directory
does not sound too appealing).  I guess I'd be most interested in how
to fix (1) first.

Thanks,
Jonathan
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