http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12826 ------- Comment #10 from anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2009-03-06 19:17 ------- Reply-To: mjg@xxxxxxxxxx On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:07:59PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 02:57:43 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:50:42PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > eh? So we deliberately added a regression? > > > > No, we removed functionality that doesn't save power from a subsystem > > that's designed to save power. > > That's just stupid spin - stop wasting our time. No, really. > The userspace interface to this driver changed in an incompatible > fashion. This can lead to failure (and hence premature termination) of > userspace configuration scripts and in this case (at least) it has led > to CPU overheating. Every single case of userspace using this interface is a bug. It's either wasting power or unnecessarily reducing performance. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
