Comment 9 for bug 984288

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

Ben - powernow-k8 is still built in, but you can cause it to not initialize by specifying the frequency governor of your choice as explained in the patch :

+ cpufreq_driver= [X86] Allow only the named cpu frequency scaling driver
+ to register. Example: cpufreq_driver=powernow-k8
+ Format: { none | STRING }
+

Specify 'cpufreq_driver=none' on the kernel command line to disallow _all_ frequency governors.