From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270832AbTGVO2j (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:28:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270850AbTGVO2j (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:28:39 -0400 Received: from genius.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.210]:27619 "EHLO genius.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270832AbTGVO2h (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:28:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:42:53 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Dominik Brodowski Cc: textshell@neutronstar.dyndns.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Henrik Persson Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test1: CPUFreq not working, can't find sysfs interface Message-ID: <20030722144253.GA32119@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Dominik Brodowski , textshell@neutronstar.dyndns.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Henrik Persson References: <20030720150243.GJ2331@neutronstar.dyndns.org> <200307201745.h6KHjcHt095999@sirius.nix.badanka.com> <20030720211246.GK2331@neutronstar.dyndns.org> <20030722120811.GD1160@brodo.de> <20030722141839.GD7517@neutronstar.dyndns.org> <20030722142353.GA1301@brodo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030722142353.GA1301@brodo.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 04:23:53PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 04:18:39PM +0200, textshell@neutronstar.dyndns.org wrote: > > So it seems to me that the BIOS doesn't have the tables for my Athlon > > model/stepping. I tried to get a new bios from hp, but it didn't change anything > > relevant (they changed something in the PSTs but did not add a new one for my > > processor) > Indeed, that's the BUG(). Can you also mail the output of dmidecode, and the model of the laptop. This is a 'beat up BIOS vendor' case, which AMD are actively trying to do. I'll forward the info on to the right people.. > > I think it would be a good thing to display a Message explaining why powernow > > isn't working to the user in the case that no relevant PST is found. > Patch appended at the end. Looks fine. I'll apply it when I get back from KS/OLS. > > I very much would like to have a way to override (or add to) the bios provided > > values. > AFAIK, Dave Jones will add support to override the BIOS-provided tables. There's been some sysfs discussion with Pat in the last few days (not specifically cpufreq related, but its going to become easier to add this aparently..). Dave