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    [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: On load failure, remind the user to enable support in BIOS setup · 298decfb
    Marti Raudsepp authored
    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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