longhaul quickly caused hard lockups and possibly killed the memory module on my EPIA-PD board. It is commented as: 'BIG FAT DISCLAIMER: Work in progress code. Possibly *dangerous*' Let's put another warning where people are more likely to see it. References: https://bugs.debian.org/707047 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 index d369349..a3877c6 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 @@ -247,12 +247,13 @@ config X86_LONGRUN If in doubt, say N. config X86_LONGHAUL - tristate "VIA Cyrix III Longhaul" + tristate "VIA Cyrix III Longhaul (DANGEROUS)" depends on X86_32 && ACPI_PROCESSOR help This adds the CPUFreq driver for VIA Samuel/CyrixIII, VIA Cyrix Samuel/C3, VIA Cyrix Ezra and VIA Cyrix Ezra-T - processors. + processors. It does not work with all motherboards and may + cause hardware damage. For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. -- Ben Hutchings One of the nice things about standards is that there are so many of them.
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