is it possible to make powertop to run on older kernel

[Ocean Spring]

On 05/06/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> 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....
>



so what exactly the functionality powertop needs to make itself work?
i mean what the extra things that new kernel has to make powertop work?

kindly enlighten me.
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