homebox linux # /etc/init.d/cpufreqd start * cpufreqd requires the kernel to be configured with CONFIG_CPU_FREQ homebox linux # cat .config | grep CONFIG_CPU_FREQ CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEBUG is not set 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_USERSPACE is not set CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set
You forgot to attach output of "emerge --info". This is likely a duplicate of bug #133451, please test with sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.17.