I don't believe this has been fixed in the Ubuntu release. My system crashed twice within 12 hours after I updated the kernel and switched back to "ondemand". I'm verifying now that it doesn't crash in "performance" mode.
ppanish@ppanda:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS" ppanish@ppanda:~$ uname -a Linux ppanda 3.2.0-1419-omap4 #26-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 12 14:32:40 UTC 2012 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux If there's any specific information you'd like me to gather let me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971091 Title: Pandaboard ES freezes with the default CPU scaling governor ondemand To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-landing-team-ti/+bug/971091/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs