[Bug 30984] (Dapper) kernel 2.6.15.15-686 breaks freq scaling on core duo

[Dave Rosky]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30984

Comment:

OK, this appears to be a timing problem at boot-up with the init scripts.  If I restart powernowd after the system has booted, it loads the modules and scales the cpu.  So I tried moving powernowd later in the startup sequence and it worked (S30powernowd instead of the default S20 seemed to work).  I'm not sure why because there doesn't seem to be anything critical to powernowd that starts between S20 and S30, but somehow powernowd needs to be delayed a  bit in order to start.

HOWEVER, powersaved, which worked find with the previous kernel, doesn't
work at all with this kernel, even if I restart it long after boot.

So, powernowd works if placed later in the boot sequence but it only scales CPU0 and not CPU1 (powernowd bug??) and powersaved, which properly scales both cpus, doesn't run at all with the new kernel...
Dave