[CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: On load failure, remind the user to enable support in BIOS setup
On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 16:56 +0100, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> But most often this happens if people upgrade their CPU and do not
> update their BIOS.
> Or the vendor does not recognise the new CPU even if the BIOS got
> updated.
Maybe some of those people just didn't realize it was disabled in BIOS?
If you tell users that it's a firmware bug then they'll probably just
give up.
> The itself message might be an enhancment, IMO it's not worth a patch.
Why do you think so? I spent an hour on hunting down the BIOS upgrade,
only to find that it didn't improve anything. It was a day later that I
realized that it might be a BIOS option; and the option was literally
the _last_ option in the whole BIOS setup. :)
This message would have saved the day.
> But do not revert the FW_BUG part!
Sure, you have a point here.
How about this patch?
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