Description of problem:
Using a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10. I have the cpufreq option set on services
which causes the module to be loaded during the kernel loadup. However, during
load up, I get an error that acpi_cpufreq cannot be loading - invalid argument

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.17-1.2530.fc6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start machine
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
see dmesg file attached

Expected results:
acpi_cpufreq should load - it has in the past

Additional info:

Not sure if this is related to the other cpufreq bug already reported, though
this is in rawhide and they seem to be FC4 related.

I am seeing the same, could be a compatibility problem with ACPI vs. SMP kernel?
Notebook is Quanta ZW9.

2.6.17-1.2571.fc6 still the same

2.6.17-1.2573.fc6 still the same, I have also recompiled this kernel without SMP
which made the acpi_cpufreq 116 KB big (instead of 16 KB in the SMP variant),
but it still doesn't work

Not a notebook, but on asus P4C800E-Deluxe workstation boot after entering
runlevel 5 and just after Checking for hardware changes:

Starting readahead early: Starting background readahead     [ok]
                                                            [ok]
Checking for hardware changes
FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq
(/lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2586.fc6/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko):
Invalid argument  (hand transcried from digital pic of boot sequence. No msgs in
/var/log that I can find)
Bringing up loopback interface                              [ok]
etc...

This error has benn present for some time, but doesn't seem to affect anything
on this workstation.  

HTH

Did an interactive startup and the error msg in comment #5 shows up immediately
after Starting cpuspeed.

Googling acpi_cpufreq was beneficial.  Found the following which fixed problem
for me.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2005-November/msg03164.html

I have this problem too.  My system is a tyan tiger 100 (S1832) dual processor
capable (only 1 P3 850Mhz installed) with 256MB of RAM.

Still happens on  2.6.17-1.2597.fc6

I wonder if this is a kernel problem?  Would it not be initscripts/cpuspeed 
since /etc/cpuspeed.conf DEVICE= is not being initialized properly?  Who/what 
is supposed to provide the proper module name in cpuspeed.conf?

I think Clyde is right in that this is a cpuspeed problem.  

It WORKS again in current kernel 2.6.17-1.2617.2.1.fc6

it works for me in kernel 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6.  I did not try 2617.2.1.fc6

Thanks,

kernel 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6 works for me too