Re: lost cpufreq (Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc1)

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:27:06PM +0200, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
 > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 03:07:39PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 07:52:39PM +0200, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
 > >  > On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 09:26:35PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Ok,
 > >  > >  the merge window for 2.6.18 is closed, and -rc1 is out there
 > >  > 
 > >  >   ... and cpufreq-nforce2.ko fails to work. Module can't be loaded:
 > >  > FATAL: Error inserting cpufreq_nforce2
 > >  > (/lib/modules/2.6.18-rc1/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.ko):
 > >  > Device or resource busy
 > >  > 
 > >  >   Here's relevant difference between dmesg of 2.6.17 and 2.6.18-rc1:
 > >  > 
 > >  > @@ -244,7 +240,6 @@
 > >  >  lp: driver loaded but no devices found
 > >  >  cpufreq: Detected nForce2 chipset revision C1
 > >  >  cpufreq: FSB changing is maybe unstable and can lead to crashes and data loss.
 > >  > -cpufreq: FSB currently at 165 MHz, FID 10.5
 > >  >  usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
 > >  >  usbcore: registered new driver hub
 > > 
 > > Does it work again if you apply this patch with -R ?
 > 
 >   No.

That's puzzling, as the only other changes to cpufreq-nforce are completely cosmetic
(whitespace and the like).

		Dave

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