From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Federico Giacomini Subject: Re: speedstep-centrino fails to load Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:11:58 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <17149714.1176214318946.JavaMail.root@ps18> Reply-To: Federico Giacomini Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: cpufreq-bounces@lists.linux.org.uk Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org@lists.linux.org.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk > >You mean the module speedstep-centrino is deprecated now, and > >I should use acpi_cpufreq on any Pentium M laptop? Even if my > >kernel is 2.6.17? > > > > No. speedstep centrino is deprated only in 2.6.20 onwards. > 2.6.17 acpi-cpufreq or speedstep-centrino any one of them can work for > you > Depending on what your BIOS ACPI support has. So, please try both > acpi-cpufreq > and speedstep_centrino (with SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI enabled in config). > If both of them does not work, please go ahead and open a bug at > bugme.osdl.org > under ACPI related bugs. We can track the issue down systematically that > way. > > Also, if none of those two drivers work, it will be interesting to know > whether it is a recent regression or it did not work on this particular > system > with earlier kernels as well. > > Thanks, > Venki > I am currently using acpi-cpufreq, which seems to work fine. But I thought speedstep-centrino was more specific and suited to Centrino processors, that's why I was quite concerned about that failure when trying to load the module. So, just a misunderstanding about those two drivers... sorry! Thank you, Federico Naviga e telefona senza limiti con Tiscali Scopri le promozioni Tiscali adsl: navighi e telefoni senza canone Telecom http://abbonati.tiscali.it/adsl/