Re: [discuss] Linux 2.6.19-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2)

Adrian Bunk
2006-11-06T17:30:05Z

On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:20:49PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 04:43:13PM +0100, Christian wrote:
>
> > > Did you have CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y in 2.6.18, or did
> > > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m, CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y work for you in 2.6.18?
> >
> > It worked with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m in 2.6.18-rc7. Since 2.6.19-rc1 it
> > doesn't work anymore with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m.
> >
> > user@ubuntu:~/Projekte/linux-2.6.18-rc7$ grep -i ACPI_PROCESSOR /boot/config-2.6.18-rc7
> > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
> >
> > user@ubuntu:~/Projekte/linux-2.6.18-rc7$
> > grep -Ei "POWERNOW_K8" /boot/config-2.6.18-rc7
> > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=m
> > CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI=y
> >
> > +++ There's a difference in 2.6.19! CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI is gone +++
>
> I don't understand how this was allowed. Because when I try this
> with a 2.6.18 tree.. (nothing changed between -rc7 and final for cpufreq)
>
> <editted a .config to match your config>
>
> $ grep ACPI_PROCESSOR .config
> CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
> $ grep POWERNOW_K8 .config
> CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y
> CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI=y
>
> and then after a make oldconfig the CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI is removed
> as it isn't valid.
>
> Did you edit your .config by hand ?

Look closer, his linux-2.6.18-rc7 .config contains
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m, CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=m.

> Dave

cu
Adrian

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