Comment 0 for bug 984288

Figured this is the best avenue as it would be a simple tweak for the maintainers.

The linux-phc project's powernow-k8 module will work just fine on 3.2 kernels with some trivial tweaking. The catch is, the module needs to replace the kernel's own powernow-k8 driver to work correctly. In the generic Ubuntu kernel, powernow-k8 is builtin, necessitating a complete rebuild of the kernel. Were it a module instead, I could simply blacklist the module and be on my merry way.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: roothorick 2819 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xc0000000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC861-VD'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0862,103c30e5,00100001 HDA:10573055,103c30e5,00100700'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 14
Date: Tue Apr 17 13:56:22 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion tx2000 Notebook PC
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=af115098-6412-4d55-82f1-6afe771c9fb1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.08
dmi.board.name: 30E5
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 88.0A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.08:bd04/18/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliontx2000NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30E5:rvr88.0A:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion tx2000 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard