is it possible to make powertop to run on older kernel

[Arjan van de Ven]

Ocean Spring wrote:

> newbie questions below:
>  
> i wonder if it is possible to make powertop to work on older kernel such 
> as 2.6.9.

no this is not possible.

>  
> and i want to know why current powertop can't work for older kernel?

old kernels (older than 2.6.21) just do not have the functionality 
PowerTOP needs. Especially kernels as ancient as 2.6.9....