Bug#329877: Error when trying to load speedstep-centrino module.

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 04:22:24AM +0200, Guillaume Delacour wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> Version: 2.6.8-16
> Severity: normal
> 
> When trying to load the speedstep-centrino, i have the following errors :
> # modprobe speedstep-centrino
> FATAL: Error inserting speedstep_centrino
> (/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.ko):
> No such device
> 
> # dmesg
> ...
> speedstep-centrino: found unsupported CPU with Enhanced SpeedStep:
> send /proc/cpuinfo to Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
> 
> but this is a centrino processor, on this laptop :
> # cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 13
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
> stepping        : 6
[...]
> I try to compile a kernel with officials sources (http://kernel.org),
> and speedstep-centrino seems to works fine.

In fact your cpu is supported in recent kernels. Which one are you
building from kernel.org?

[...]
> Maybe i have to send my /proc/cpuinfo to the developper of the module,
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge, but i think the errors is in the precompiled
> kernel package.

right, the problem is just your cpu is too recent for the 2.6.8 kernel
I'm sure at least 2.6.10 supports it, I don't have earlier kernels here
to look into :)

-- 
mattia
:wq!