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

Dave Jones
2006-07-07T20:35:37Z

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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