[PATCH] power/intel_uncore: reduce log level for dependency missing

Huisong Li lihuisong at huawei.com
Tue May 12 03:30:47 CEST 2026


When run dpdk-l3fwd with '-u' on non-X86 platform, user would
happen a noisy print as the following:
"POWER: Uncore frequency management not supported/enabled on this
kernel. Please enable CONFIG_INTEL_UNCORE_FREQ_CONTROL if on Intel
x86 with linux kernel >= 5.6".

The root cause is that intel_uncore driver's .init() will be called
on any platform when use automatic detection mode. The function in
intel_uncore driver will print above log on non-X86 platform.

But the existing uncore core cannot solve this problem unless break
ABI to add new callback. So reduce its log level to avoid this
incorrect prompt.

Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
---
 drivers/power/intel_uncore/intel_uncore.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/intel_uncore/intel_uncore.c b/drivers/power/intel_uncore/intel_uncore.c
index 6759ea1445..ebca395075 100644
--- a/drivers/power/intel_uncore/intel_uncore.c
+++ b/drivers/power/intel_uncore/intel_uncore.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ power_intel_uncore_get_num_pkgs(void)
 
 	d = opendir(INTEL_UNCORE_FREQUENCY_DIR);
 	if (d == NULL) {
-		POWER_LOG(ERR,
+		POWER_LOG(DEBUG,
 		"Uncore frequency management not supported/enabled on this kernel. "
 		"Please enable CONFIG_INTEL_UNCORE_FREQ_CONTROL if on Intel x86 with linux kernel"
 		" >= 5.6");
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ power_intel_uncore_get_num_dies(unsigned int pkg)
 
 	d = opendir(INTEL_UNCORE_FREQUENCY_DIR);
 	if (d == NULL) {
-		POWER_LOG(ERR,
+		POWER_LOG(DEBUG,
 		"Uncore frequency management not supported/enabled on this kernel. "
 		"Please enable CONFIG_INTEL_UNCORE_FREQ_CONTROL if on Intel x86 with linux kernel"
 		" >= 5.6");
-- 
2.33.0



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