[Debian-eeepc-devel] squeeze: problem with cpufreq's governors

Ben Armstrong synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca
Mon Aug 30 13:03:20 UTC 2010


On 08/30/2010 09:34 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On 08/30/2010 04:10 AM, Johan Haggi wrote:
>> Please update the page on wiki:
>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Upgrade#Linuxkernel
>>
>
> In other words: this processor doesn't support frequency scaling, so 
> to pretend it does (as the kernel used to) was wrong.  If you want 
> frequency scaling, buy a system with a processor that supports it.  
> There is no software solution to this problem, since the hardware just 
> doesn't do what you want it to do.

Ah. I realize now the above clarification isn't what you were asking, 
but rather to update the wiki.  I have done so now.

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Upgrade?action=diff&rev2=74&rev1=73

You should just uninstall cpufrequtils.  It is useless on this machine.

Ben





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