amd_pstate module not being used

[Josef Litoš]

I would like to try amd_pstate driver instead of acpi_cpufreq, but although it compiles successfully, the module isn't loaded, whereas with mkinitcpio it all works well.

[Anatol Pomozov]

Could you please provide more context for what you are doing? Logs, config files...

Did you try to force loading this module?

[Anatol Pomozov]

Also, prefer to use "Discussions" page for general questions https://github.com/anatol/booster/discussions

[Josef Litoš]

config:

modules: amdgpu,amd_pstate
extra_files: fsck,fsck.ext4
strip: true

kernel vmlinux extra params: amd_pstate.shared_mem=1 initcall_blacklist=acpi_cpufreq_init

The module works as expected when loaded manually after boot (sudo modprobe amd_pstate).
The issue seems to be it is not loaded by booster.
No errors or logs about this module seem to be in dmesg nor journalctl.

[Anatol Pomozov]

Try to move your modules to modules_force_load: section like this

modules_force_load: amdgpu,amd_pstate
extra_files: fsck,fsck.ext4
strip: true

[Josef Litoš]

what could cause the normal loading not working?

modules only adds modules to the image. And it gets loaded only if kernel sends matching udev event.

modules_force_load - adds modules to images and forces their load.

See man booster for more information.