--- cpuspeed-1.5/cpuspeed.cc.orig	2008-10-08 14:59:29.000000000 -0400
+++ cpuspeed-1.5/cpuspeed.cc	2008-10-08 19:22:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ unsigned last_step; // lowest speed step
 // which CPU cores are we controlling
 unsigned tied_cpu_cores[MAX_TIED_CORES];
 unsigned num_tied_cores = 0;
+unsigned cpu = 0;
+bool no_affected_cpus_attr = false;
 
 // display an error message and exit the program
 void
@@ -485,12 +487,16 @@ get_times(
     if (nice_counts_as_idle)
     {
         idle_time += nice_time;
+    } else {
+        user_time += nice_time;
     }
 
     // count IO wait time as idle time
     if (io_counts_as_idle)
     {
         idle_time += wait_time;
+    } else {
+        user_time += wait_time;
     }
 
     unsigned long total_time = user_time + system_time + idle_time;
@@ -711,6 +717,7 @@ unsigned num_cores = 0; // how many CPU 
 // restore  initial speed on program exit
 unsigned saved_speed = 0;
 char saved_governor[32];
+pid_t * saved_pids;
 
 void
 term_handler(int which)
@@ -721,6 +728,12 @@ term_handler(int which)
         write_line(GOVERNOR_FILE, "%s\n", saved_governor);
     }
 
+    if (cpu == 0 && no_affected_cpus_attr)
+    {
+        for (unsigned i = 1; i < num_cores; i++)
+            kill(saved_pids[i], which);
+    }
+
     raise(which);
 }
 
@@ -1036,6 +1049,7 @@ main(int argc, char * argv[])
         // iterate through all cpu cores in main process
         for (unsigned i = 0, forked = 0; i < num_cores && !forked; i++)
         {
+	    int n;
             // does this core do cpufreq?
             char cpufreq_dir[256];
             snprintf(cpufreq_dir, sizeof cpufreq_dir, SYSFS_CPUFREQ_DIR, i);
@@ -1067,7 +1081,14 @@ main(int argc, char * argv[])
             }
 #endif
             unsigned cores[MAX_TIED_CORES];
-            int n = read_values(acfn, cores, MAX_TIED_CORES);
+            if (access(acfn, F_OK) != 0)
+            {
+                // fall back to the old 1.2.x method of forking for each core
+                no_affected_cpus_attr = true;
+                n = 1;
+            }
+            else
+                n = read_values(acfn, cores, MAX_TIED_CORES);
 
             // if we can't figure out the affected cores
             if (n == 0)
@@ -1102,8 +1123,22 @@ main(int argc, char * argv[])
                     i, cores[0]
                 );
 #endif
+            if (no_affected_cpus_attr)
+                break;
             }
         }
+
+        if (no_affected_cpus_attr)
+        {
+            saved_pids = (pid_t *)calloc(num_cores, sizeof(pid_t));
+
+            // fork() a process to handle each core
+            for (unsigned i = 1; i < num_cores; i++)
+                if ( !(saved_pids[i] = fork())) {
+                    cpu = i;
+                    break;
+                }
+        }
     }