On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 15:42 +0200, Touko Korpela wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 04:14:52AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 04:16 +0200, Touko Korpela wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 03:30:04PM +0200, Touko Korpela wrote:
> > > > I think you should also add family 18 (AMD Fusion Llano).
> > > > http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=16292
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 12:06:05AM -0600, Robert Keevil wrote:
> > > > > Package: cpufrequtils
> > > > > Version: 007-2
> > > > > Severity: normal
> > > > > Tags: patch
> > > > >
> > > > > /etc/init.d/loadcpufreq does not support AMD Bulldozer CPUs, which have a CPU
> > > > > family of 21. The processor is supported by the powernow_k8 module.
> > > >
> > > > > --- debian/cpufrequtils.loadcpufreq.init.dist 2012-01-06 23:35:24.867961318 -0600
> > > > > +++ debian/cpufrequtils.loadcpufreq.init 2012-01-06 23:35:32.759956550 -0600
> > > > > @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
> > > > > # K7
> > > > > MODULE=powernow-k7
> > > > > ;;
> > > > > - 15|16|17|20)
> > > > > + 15|16|17|20|21)
> > > > > # K8
> > > > > MODULE=powernow-k8
> > > > > ;;
> > >
> > > I hope that you upload cpufrequtils with support for AMD processor families 18 and 21
> >
> > There has been some work to generate module aliases and uevents for x86
> > CPU features. This would allow udev to load cpufreq drivers just like
> > any other device, removing the need for cpufrequtils to know which
> > drivers handle which CPUs. It looks like this will be going into Linux
> > 3.4 but I would be open to backporting this feature to 3.2 for wheezy.
> >
> > The changes I see in linux-next are:
>
> Nice, but until kernel has this feature, I think that cpufrequtils should be updated.
Sure, I'm not saying it shouldn't be updated now.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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