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if a gov isnt loaded, try to modprobe it first

http://bugs.gentoo.org/204069

--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -539,8 +540,23 @@ static int verify_gov(char *new_gov, char *passed_gov)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int modprobe(const char *module)
+{
+	char new_module[strlen(module) + 10];
+	int status;
+	pid_t child;
+
+	sprintf(new_module, "cpufreq_%s", module);
+	child = vfork();
+	if (child == 0)
+		_exit(execlp("modprobe", "modprobe", "-q", new_module, NULL));
+	waitpid(child, &status, 0);
+	return (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+}
+
 int sysfs_modify_policy_governor(unsigned int cpu, char *governor)
 {
+	int ret;
 	char new_gov[SYSFS_PATH_MAX];
 
 	if (!governor)
@@ -549,7 +565,10 @@ int sysfs_modify_policy_governor(unsigned int cpu, char *governor)
 	if (verify_gov(new_gov, governor))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return sysfs_write_one_value(cpu, WRITE_SCALING_GOVERNOR, new_gov, strlen(new_gov));
+	ret = sysfs_write_one_value(cpu, WRITE_SCALING_GOVERNOR, new_gov, strlen(new_gov));
+	if (ret == -ENODEV && modprobe(new_gov) == 0)
+		return sysfs_write_one_value(cpu, WRITE_SCALING_GOVERNOR, new_gov, strlen(new_gov));
+	return ret;
 };
 
 int sysfs_modify_policy_max(unsigned int cpu, unsigned long max_freq)