Source: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Current versions of the Linux kernel will load most appropriate cpufreq modules automatically (using the new autoloading aliases based on x86 CPU models and features). Defaulting to ondemand would make cpufreq automatically work on any systems with cpufreq support, without the need for userspace enablement packages like cpufrequtils in the common case.
cpufrequtils already defaults to ondemand without prompting, so this wouldn't change the effective default. Anyone desiring one of the other cpufreq governors can easily install cpufrequtils and configure that governor. Meanwhile, this change would make frequency scaling Just Work on most systems. - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120321001437.11335.94066.reportbug@leaf
