2009/11/14 Matthew Garrett <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:41:49AM +0000, Andrew Benton wrote: > >> And it seems to be working well. No errors so far. I've just downloaded >> a kernel, browsed slashdot a bit. I'll test it some more tomorrow but >> this is a BIG step in the right direction. This is the first kernel >> that's worked for me with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y > > I should emphasise that this patch works by effectively disabling deep C > states on your CPU, which in turn will increase your power consumption. > It's very much either a workaround for broken hardware or something that > covers up a more subtle bug somewhere else. If it turns out that it is > required, efforts should be made to limit it to the code regions that > absolutely require this behaviour.
If this seems to be ATOM related, could we maybe ask Intel for help/opinion? How like who, but Intel is quite friendly and responsible. On the other hand they used same hack in they ipw2x00 driver... so maybe no much sense in that. -- Rafał _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
