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linux: Add stable version 4.7.3, select CPU_FREQ
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Do as Greg says [1]:

> All users of the 4.7 kernel series must upgrade.

Summary of changes [2][3]:

> ### AMDGPU, Intel i915, and Btrfs improvements, many updated drivers ###
>
> Looking at the changelog, we can notice that Linux kernel 4.7.3 comes
> with several improvements to the Btrfs file system, many updated
> drivers, in particular for things like AMDGPU, Intel i915, hwmon, I2C,
> iiO, IOMMU, MD, PCI, PINCTRL, s390, USB, SCSI, VFIO, Virtio, GPIO,
> EDAC, DAX, DMA, ACPI, CLK, and Crypto, as well as some enhancements to
> the ARC, ARM64 (AArch64), PA-RISC, and x86 hardware architectures.
>
> Last but not least, the networking and sound stacks have been improved
> as well, with support for new sound devices, as well as various
> changes to the mac80211 wireless framework and SunRPC protocol. If
> you're using a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the
> Linux 4.7 series, we recommend that you update to Linux kernel 4.7.3
> as soon as possible.  The sources are available for download right now
> via our website or from kernel.org.

Also, enable frequency scaling.

```
> diff -u /boot/config-4.7.2.mx64.99 /boot/config-4.7.3.mx64.102
--- /boot/config-4.7.2.mx64.99	2016-08-23 10:10:49.000000000 +0200
+++ /boot/config-4.7.3.mx64.102	2016-09-08 19:27:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.7.2 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.7.3 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_X86_64=y
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".mx64.99"
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".mx64.102"
 CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2=y
@@ -609,7 +609,40 @@
 #
 # CPU Frequency scaling
 #
-# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS is not set
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND is not set
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL is not set
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=m
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=m
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=m
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=m
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL=m
+
+#
+# CPU frequency scaling drivers
+#
+CONFIG_X86_INTEL_PSTATE=y
+# CONFIG_X86_PCC_CPUFREQ is not set
+CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m
+CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
+CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=m
+CONFIG_X86_AMD_FREQ_SENSITIVITY=m
+# CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO is not set
+# CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD is not set
+
+#
+# shared options
+#
+# CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_LIB is not set

 #
 # CPU Idle
```

This addresses the Linux warnings below.

```
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: acpi PNP0C0B:04: Failed to set initial power state
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: acpi PNP0C0B:04: Cannot transition from (unknown) to D3hot
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: Warning: Processor Platform Limit event detected, but not handled.
Sep 07 16:54:36 keineahnung.molgen.mpg.de kernel: Consider compiling CPUfreq support into your kernel.
```

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/7/69
[2] http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-kernel-4-7-3-released-with-btrfs-and-amdgpu-improvements-bugfixes-508063.shtml
[3] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.3
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#!/bin/env beesh

# note: CONFIG=/boot/config-WHATEVER BEE_MAKEFLAGS='-j 40' ./linux-xxx.bee

KERNELVERSION=${PKGVERSION}
if [ -z "${PKGVERSION[3]}" ] ; then
KERNELVERSION=${KERNELVERSION}.0
fi

echo $KERNELVERSION

SRCURL[0]="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${PKGVERSION[1]}.x/linux-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"

# EXCLUDE=""

#CONFIG=

KERNELLOCAL=".mx64.${PKGREVISION}"
FULLKERNELVERSION="${KERNELVERSION}${KERNELLOCAL}"

B=${S}

mee_patch() {
echo "PATCH $@"
bee_patch $@
}

mee_configure() {
echo "configure $@"
if [ -e /proc/config.gz ] ; then
zcat /proc/config.gz >config-current
RUNNING=config-current
else
RUNNING=/boot/config-$(uname -r)
fi

: ${CONFIG:=${RUNNING}}

if [ ! -e ${CONFIG} ] ; then
echo "can't find config '${CONFIG}'"
exit 1
fi

cp -v ${CONFIG} .config

LOCALVERSION="\"${KERNELLOCAL}\""
sed -i -e "s@CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=.*@CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=${LOCALVERSION}@" .config

echo "doing make -C ${S} olddefconfig in ${PWD} .."

make olddefconfig

echo "doing make -C ${S} menuconfig in ${PWD} .."

make menuconfig
}

mee_build() {
echo "build $@"
make ${BEE_MAKEFLAGS}
}

mee_install() {
echo "install $@"

make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${D}
make install INSTALL_PATH=${D}/boot
# make firmware_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${D}

rm -v ${D}/lib/modules/${FULLKERNELVERSION}/{source,build}

ln -sv /usr/src/linux/${PKGALLPKG}/source ${D}/lib/modules/${FULLKERNELVERSION}/source
ln -sv /usr/src/linux/${PKGALLPKG}/build ${D}/lib/modules/${FULLKERNELVERSION}/build

ln -sv bzImage-${FULLKERNELVERSION} ${D}/boot/mariux.${PKGREVISION}
}

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