They have a general policy to build it in because, "it's hard to do in userspace". No idea what that means, or why no other distro has difficulty with building acpi_cpufreq as a module, perhaps something to do with upstart?
In any case, if that's the policy why not just close this mark as won't fix and put an end to it.
Ok.. found some more info from the Kernel Team specs for Natty:
https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/KernelTeam/ Specs/KernelNat tyConfigReview
They have a general policy to build it in because, "it's hard to do in userspace". No idea what that means, or why no other distro has difficulty with building acpi_cpufreq as a module, perhaps something to do with upstart?
In any case, if that's the policy why not just close this mark as won't fix and put an end to it.