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*** Bug 489553 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Patch was posted posted on RKML: http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2009-April/msg00215.html Packages if someone want to test it are here: http://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=1751995
please mark priority/severity as in [Bug 489553] Failed loading of multiple cpufreq drivers can corrupt driver data structures, which was closed as a dup of this BZ
Here is new build: https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=1784596
in kernel-2.6.18-144.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so. However feel free to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.
I have tested the provided image and it looks good. ACPI notifications for both p-states and t-states work fine.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html