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From: Nadav Horesh <nadavh@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] cpu frequncy scaling module fail to load
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:00:40
Message-Id: 710F2847B0018641891D9A21602763605AD267@ex3.envision.co.il
1 System: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
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4 I recently upgraded from 2.6.23 to 2.6.31-r6 following the udev upgrade (the latest version - 146-r1 needs kernel version >= 2.6.25). Since the upgrade the frequency scaling modules fails to load at startup, but I can load it manually later by:
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6 modprobe powernow-k8
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8 More information:
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10 $ rc-update -s
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12 .
13 .
14 powernowd | default
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16 $ grep -i powernow /var/log/messages
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18 Dec 14 08:31:24 nadav_home kernel: ACPI: SSDT 00000000dfff75c0 002CC (v01 PTLTD POWERNOW 00000001 LTP 00000001)
19 Dec 14 08:31:24 nadav_home rc-scripts: ERROR: powernowd failed to start
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22 Relevant lines from /usr/src/linux/.config
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24 #
25 # Power management and ACPI options
26 #
27 CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER=y
28 CONFIG_PM=y
29 # CONFIG_PM_DEBUG is not set
30 CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP=y
31 CONFIG_PM_SLEEP=y
32 CONFIG_SUSPEND=y
33 CONFIG_SUSPEND_FREEZER=y
34 CONFIG_HIBERNATION_NVS=y
35 CONFIG_HIBERNATION=y
36 CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION=""
37 CONFIG_ACPI=y
38 CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
39 CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y
40 CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER=y
41 CONFIG_ACPI_SYSFS_POWER=y
42 # CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT is not set
43 # CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set
44 # CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set
45 CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
46 CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=m
47 CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
48 CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK=y
49 CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
50 CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
51 CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
52 # CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT is not set
53 CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0
54 # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
55 # CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT is not set
56 CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y
57 CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER=y
58 # CONFIG_ACPI_SBS is not set
59
60 #
61 # CPU Frequency scaling
62 #
63 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
64 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y
65 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEBUG is not set
66 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT is not set
67 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE is not set
68 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set
69 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE=y
70 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND is not set
71 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set
72 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
73 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y
74 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
75 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
76 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=y
77
78 #
79 # CPUFreq processor drivers
80 #
81 CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m
82 CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=m
83 # CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO is not set
84 # CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD is not set
85
86 #
87 # shared options
88 #
89 # CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_LIB is not set
90 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
91 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER=y
92 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU=y
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94 Any idea how can I fix it?
95
96 Nadav

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[gentoo-amd64] Re: cpu frequncy scaling module fail to load Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: cpu frequncy scaling module fail to load Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>