linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/10] cpufreq: Add support for x86 cpuinfo auto loading

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Message-ID: <20111208040150.GB24062@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:01:50 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay.sievers@...y.org, trenn@...e.de,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] cpufreq: Add support for x86 cpuinfo auto loading

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 08:24:29PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
>  > AFAIK distros just load them all right?
> 
> In Fedora, we used to. In F16, we changed things so instead of a monstrous
> init script with nested if's and a whole bunch of hairy logic, we changed
> all the modules to be built-in's, and relied on the link-order in the cpufreq Makefile
> to satisfy the 'first to bind wins'.

This should continue working -- udev/modprobe will load them in link order

I'll keep it like it is now.

> Yes, ugly, but we didn't have this patchset ;-) 

I should have posted it earlier.

Just don't forget to change them back to =m once it goes in.

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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