From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Now that the majority of x86 CPUs out there are supported by acpi-cpufreq, we want it to load first and, in the AMD case, drop to powernow-k8 only on K8s. If, however, both powernow-k8 and acpi-cpufreq are built-in, the link order matters. Correct that. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpufreq/Makefile | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile b/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile index fadc4d496e2f..24d4a63fd6cf 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile @@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPUFREQ_CPU0) += cpufreq-cpu0.o ################################################################################## # x86 drivers. # Link order matters. K8 is preferred to ACPI because of firmware bugs in early -# K8 systems. ACPI is preferred to all other hardware-specific drivers. +# K8 systems. This is still the case but acpi-cpufreq errors out so that +# powernow-k8 can load then. ACPI is preferred to all other hardware-specific drivers. # speedstep-* is preferred over p4-clockmod. -obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8) += powernow-k8.o obj-$(CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ) += acpi-cpufreq.o mperf.o +obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8) += powernow-k8.o obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PCC_CPUFREQ) += pcc-cpufreq.o obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K6) += powernow-k6.o obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K7) += powernow-k7.o -- 1.8.1.rc3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html