powernow-k8 uses PSB BIOS tables to read frequency info on UP systems, but
on SMP it requires the acpi-processor driver. Kconfig should be updated
accordingly to avoid the issues that users are running into.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8075
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178585
Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <[email protected]>
Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config X86_POWERNOW_K7_ACPI
config X86_POWERNOW_K8
tristate "AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!"
select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
+ select ACPI_PROCESSOR if SMP
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
This adds the CPUFreq driver for mobile AMD Opteron/Athlon64 processors.
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