Bug#592662: cpufrequtils: Cannot set frequency range of policy to full hardware frequency range

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Steve,

Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:35:15PM +0200, Steve Wolter wrote:

>>>> When using cpufrequtils or the kernel interface to the acpi-cpufreq
>>>> module on my VIA Eden 1.5 GHz CPU, I cannot set the frequency range
>>>> for the governor to the full hardware range. Trying to do so produces
>>>> weird frequency settings. Any of the two single frequencies offered
>>>> by the hardware can be included in a range, but not both at once.
[...]
> Since you have reproduced this in Linux 2.6.35, please report this
> upstream at <https://bugzilla.kernel.org> under product 'ACPI',
> component 'Power-Processor'.  Let us know the bug number or URL so that
> we can track it.

So, now I'm in suspense.  Did you report this upstream?  Did the
problem stop happening with later kernels?

I'm also curious about one detail from the original report: was this
the first time you tried this, or was it a regression?

Thanks,
Jonathan