gentoo-overlay/sys-power/phctool/files/phctool-0.5.2.2_kernel_2.6.36.patch

--- phctool-0.5.2-2/phctool/inc/libs/cpuinfo.py
+++ phctool-0.5.2-2/phctool/inc/libs/cpuinfo.py
@@ -14,33 +14,49 @@
 
 
 	def _get_acpi_cpus(self):
-	##count number of CPUs on this system using acpi proc interface
-	##since we need acpi this i a good way to count CPUs
-	##we also will remember the Directory-Name because on single CPU
-	##systems the Dir may be named CPU while on Multicores they are indexed (CPU0, CPU1) ..
-		directory="/proc/acpi/processor/"
-		for f in os.listdir(directory):				##iterate the directory
-			pathname = os.path.join(directory, f)		##
-        		if os.path.isdir(pathname):			##is the object we found really a (sub-)directory?
-				##We open the info-file to get the ID to this CPU,
-				##i don't know if this really could happen but the ID may differ from 
-				##from the Path iterator (maybe one CPU is supported and another isn't)
-				if os.path.exists(pathname+'/info'):
-					file = open(pathname+'/info', 'r');
-					for line in file:
-		   				if string.find(line,":"):
-		     					content = line.split(":");
-		    	 				if len(content)>1:
-								info_ident=content[0].strip();
-								info_value=content[1].strip();
-								if info_ident == "processor id":
-									cpunr=info_value
-									self.data[cpunr]={}
-									self.data[cpunr]['acpi']={}
-									self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['exist']=True
-									self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['acpiname']=f	##remember ACPI Pathname
-				else:
-					self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['exist']=False
+		# We need to ignore /proc/acpi/processor as it's becoming deprecated
+		# A good solution might be a look in online cpus, but it doesn't mean they are surely ACPI-supported
+		if os.path.exists('/sys/devices/system/cpu/online'):
+			file = open('/sys/devices/system/cpu/online', 'r');
+			for line in file:
+				if string.find(line,"-"):
+					content = line.split("-");
+					for val in content:
+						cpunr=val.strip();
+						self.data[cpunr]={}
+						self.data[cpunr]['acpi']={}
+						self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['exist']=True
+		# This sounds useful just for throttling, which is managed better by other stuff... I'll keep just for compatibility
+						if os.path.exists('/proc/acpi/processor/CPU'+cpunr):
+							##remember ACPI Pathname
+							self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['acpiname']='/proc/acpi/processor/CPU'+cpunr
+						else:
+							self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['exist']=False
+		# For some reason we have to fallback on the old function...
+		else:
+			directory="/proc/acpi/processor/"
+			for f in os.listdir(directory):				##iterate the directory
+				pathname = os.path.join(directory, f)		##
+        			if os.path.isdir(pathname):			##is the object we found really a (sub-)directory?
+					##We open the info-file to get the ID to this CPU,
+					##i don't know if this really could happen but the ID may differ from 
+					##from the Path iterator (maybe one CPU is supported and another isn't)
+					if os.path.exists(pathname+'/info'):
+						file = open(pathname+'/info', 'r');
+						for line in file:
+			   				if string.find(line,":"):
+			     					content = line.split(":");
+			    	 				if len(content)>1:
+									info_ident=content[0].strip();
+									info_value=content[1].strip();
+									if info_ident == "processor id":
+										cpunr=info_value
+										self.data[cpunr]={}
+										self.data[cpunr]['acpi']={}
+										self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['exist']=True
+										self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['acpiname']=f	##remember ACPI Pathname
+					else:
+						self.data[cpunr]['acpi']['exist']=False
 		
 
 	def _get_cpuinfos(self):