On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 12:11 +0700, Alexey wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6-686 > Version: 2.6.32+28 > Computer: Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO L7300 > > The fact that acpi-cpufreq is not working properly with Dothan CPU's. I don't think that's true. It really depends on whether the BIOS provides correct information about the available frequencies. > FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq: No such device Please try creating the file /etc/modprobe.d/processor-ppc.conf containing the text: options processor ignore_ppc=1 and then reboot. [...] > On Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty all works fine. It uses speedstep_centrino > driver, which is deprecated, but works with BIOS which have broken > voltage tables.. > > Link to Ubuntu Patch: > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-maverick.git;a=blobdiff;f=arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c;h=ee4e9f8050752923f9671f61ffbea662bc9ad12a;hp=9b1ff37de46ae6a729f48d2d94ad30548806884d;hb=23120eb5ae5a12924565e8af3d946a015e1caaf9;hpb=215cc71ef0b26b9434404f387681d9bd173d2434 [...] This doesn't seem like a good idea, and it has not been accepted by the upstream developers. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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