Re: 3.16 kernel features on QNAP TS-212p

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

Ian, are you familiar with these features?

* JM <fijam@archlinux.us> [2015-04-24 22:33]:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed Debian Stable on a new QNAP TS-212p (using the
> instructions at http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-219/install/),
> followed by kernel 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood from wheezy-backports. I have
> three questions.
> 
> 1. kirkwood-thermal (
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi?v=3.16
> &
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/thermal/kirkwood_thermal.c?v=3.16
> )
> 
> My TS-212p features MV88F6282 CPU (dmesg: Kirkwood: MV88F6282-Rev-A1,
> TCLK=200000000), for which a thermal driver 'kirkwood-thermal' is
> available. However, if I modprobe kirkwood-thermal, I get nothing in
> /sys/class/thermal. I assume this is a problem with the device tree? Should
> I file a bug for that?
> 
> 
> 2. cpuidle (
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-kirkwood.c?v=3.16
> )
> 
> "# CONFIG_ARM_KIRKWOOD_CPUIDLE is not set" in the 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood
> config. Is this intentional?
> 
> 
> 3. cpufreq-kirkwood (
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c?v=3.16
> )
> 
> "CONFIG_ARM_KIRKWOOD_CPUFREQ=y" is in the 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood config
> but cpufreq-info reports that there is no driver active:
> 
> # cpufreq-info
> cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
> Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please.
> analyzing CPU 0:
>   no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
> 
> dmesg | grep cpufreq yields nothing. Is it a bug?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> Jan

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