linux-kernel - No cpufreq entries with omap2plus_defconfig since "cpufreq: dt-platdev: Support building as module" (commit 3b062a08)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 13:04:56 +0200
From: Merlijn Wajer <merlijn@...zup.org>
To: linux-omap <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: rafael@...nel.org, viresh.kumar@...aro.org, zhipeng.wang_1@....com,
 Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
 Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
 Carl Philipp Klemm <philipp@...s.xyz>, "Sicelo A . Mhlongo"
 <absicsz@...il.com>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: No cpufreq entries with omap2plus_defconfig since "cpufreq:
 dt-platdev: Support building as module" (commit 3b062a08)

Hi,

I was looking at switching my Motorola Droid 4 phone from Linux 6.1 to 
Linux 6.6, and it no longer gets any cpufreq entries on boot, and I 
found cpufreq_dt was no longer loaded. I tried to force the issue by 
modprobe it, but to no avail. The same issue occurs on the latest 6.9.

After a bit of digging it looks like the problem is that 
cpufreq-dt-platdev can be built as a module and when this the case 
(apparently the default), cpufreq_dt doesn't work. With the 
omap2plus_defconfig, CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV is indeed set to module.

When I manually probe cpufreq-dt-platdev and cpufreq_dt, I get the 
cpufreq_entries back.

Searching around I found this debian bug report [1] which just flips the 
CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV back to '=y', but I think there might be a 
deeper issue here.

Is there a way to define this relationship/dependency for cpufreq-dt, so 
that it will automatically load this module?

Regards,
Merlijn

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1050587