I gave this one a spin, and my laptop locked hard after something like one hour (everything frozen). As a result what I report is probably not very helpfull.
It was the first time I was trying an RT kernel, and the stock kernel works ok on this laptop (except suspend, but one can do without it). CONFIG_1GB: y CONFIG_ACPI: y CONFIG_ACPI_AC: m CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY: m CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON: m CONFIG_ACPI_FAN: m CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR: y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP: y CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL: y CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO: m CONFIG_ACT200L_DONGLE: m CONFIG_ACTISYS_DONGLE: m CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT: y CONFIG_ATALK: m CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS: m CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF: y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000: y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR: m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIRON: y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT: y CONFIG_BT: m CONFIG_BT_BNEP: m CONFIG_BT_HCIBCM203X: m CONFIG_BT_HCIBFUSB: m CONFIG_BT_HCIBPA10X: m CONFIG_BT_HCIUART: m CONFIG_BT_HCIUSB: m CONFIG_BT_HCIVHCI: m CONFIG_BT_HIDP: m CONFIG_BT_L2CAP: m CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM: m CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM_TTY: y CONFIG_BT_SCO: m CONFIG_CARDBUS: y CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG: m CONFIG_CODA_FS: m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ: y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE: y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND: m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE: m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE: m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE: y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE: y CONFIG_DONGLE: m CONFIG_DRM: m CONFIG_DRM_I810: m CONFIG_DRM_MGA: m CONFIG_DRM_R128: m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON: m CONFIG_DRM_SIS: m CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE: y CONFIG_ESI_DONGLE: m CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL: y CONFIG_EXT2_FS: y CONFIG_EXT3_FS: y CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR: y CONFIG_FAT_FS: m CONFIG_FB: y CONFIG_FB_ATY: m CONFIG_FB_ATY128: m CONFIG_FB_I810: m CONFIG_FB_INTEL: m CONFIG_FB_MATROX: m CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPER: y CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA: m CONFIG_FB_RADEON: m CONFIG_FB_RIVA: m CONFIG_FB_RIVA_I2C: y CONFIG_FB_VESA: y CONFIG_FILTER: y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE: y CONFIG_GIRBIL_DONGLE: m CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS: m CONFIG_HFS_FS: m CONFIG_HOTPLUG: y CONFIG_HPET_TIMER: y CONFIG_HPFS_FS: m CONFIG_IDE: y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO: y CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK: y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO: y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ: y CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC: y CONFIG_IEEE1394: m CONFIG_IEEE1394_DV1394: m CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394: m CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO: m CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394: m CONFIG_INET: y CONFIG_INOTIFY: y CONFIG_INPUT: y CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV: m CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD: y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE: y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV: m CONFIG_IP_ALIAS: y CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE: y CONFIG_IRCOMM: m CONFIG_IRDA: m CONFIG_IRDA_CACHE_LAST_LSAP: y CONFIG_IRDA_DEBUG: y CONFIG_IRDA_FAST_RR: y CONFIG_IRLAN: m CONFIG_IRPORT_SIR: m CONFIG_IRQBALANCE: y CONFIG_IRTTY_SIR: m CONFIG_ISA: y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS: m CONFIG_KCORE_ELF: y CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD: y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS: y CONFIG_LITELINK_DONGLE: m CONFIG_LOCKD: m CONFIG_M386: n CONFIG_M486: n CONFIG_M586: n CONFIG_M686: n CONFIG_MA600_DONGLE: m CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION: y CONFIG_MCP2120_DONGLE: m CONFIG_MODULES: y CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD: y CONFIG_MOUSE: m CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2: y CONFIG_MPENTIUMM: y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS: m CONFIG_MTRR: y CONFIG_NET: y CONFIG_NETDEVICES: y CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET: y CONFIG_NFSD: m CONFIG_NFS_FS: m CONFIG_NLS: y CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437: m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850: m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1: m CONFIG_NLS_UTF8: m CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM: y CONFIG_NTFS_FS: m CONFIG_OLD_BELKIN_DONGLE: m CONFIG_OOM_KILLER: y CONFIG_PACKET: y CONFIG_PARPORT: m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC: m CONFIG_PCCARD: y CONFIG_PCI: y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS: y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY: y CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC: y CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS: y CONFIG_PCMCIA: y CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING: y CONFIG_PM: y CONFIG_PPP: m CONFIG_PPPOE: m CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC: m CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP: m CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE: m CONFIG_PPP_FILTER: y CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY: m CONFIG_PREEMPT: n CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL: y CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT: y CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY: n CONFIG_PRINTER: m CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK: y CONFIG_PROC_FS: y CONFIG_PSMOUSE: y CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS: m CONFIG_REGPARM: y CONFIG_RTC: y CONFIG_SCSI: m CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN: y CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS: y CONFIG_SERIAL: m CONFIG_SERIAL_8250: m CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CS: m CONFIG_SHAPER: m CONFIG_SLIP: m CONFIG_SMB_FS: m CONFIG_SMC_IRCC_FIR: m CONFIG_SND: m CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL: m CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0: m CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M: m CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS: m CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS: m CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER: m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER: m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS: y CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY: m CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO: m CONFIG_SOUND: m CONFIG_SOUND_ICH: m CONFIG_SUNRPC: m CONFIG_SYSCTL: y CONFIG_SYSVIPC: y CONFIG_TEKRAM_DONGLE: m CONFIG_TIGON3: y CONFIG_UFS_FS: m CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS: m CONFIG_UNIX: y CONFIG_USB: m CONFIG_USB_ACM: m CONFIG_USB_AUDIO: m CONFIG_USB_CDCETHER: m CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS: y CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD: m CONFIG_USB_HID: y CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT: y CONFIG_USB_KBD: m CONFIG_USB_MOUSE: m CONFIG_USB_OHCI: m CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD: m CONFIG_USB_PRINTER: m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL: m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO: m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC: y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE: m CONFIG_USB_UHCI: m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT: m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD: m CONFIG_VFAT_FS: m CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE: y CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT: y CONFIG_VT: y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE: y CONFIG_X86_MCE: y CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO: y CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI: y CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC: y CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC: y CONFIG_YENTA: y CONGIG_KMOD: y PCI devices: 8086 Intel Corporation 3340 82855PM 0 Host-Hub Interface Bridge 8086 Intel Corporation 3341 82855PM 0 AGP Bridge 8086 Intel Corporation 24C2 82801DB/DBL/DBM B USB UHCI Controller #1 8086 Intel Corporation 24C4 82801DB/DBL/DBM B USB UHCI Controller #2 8086 Intel Corporation 24C7 82801DB/DBL/DBM B USB UHCI Controller #3 8086 Intel Corporation 24CD 82801DB/DBL/DBM B USB EHCI Controller 8086 Intel Corporation 2448 82801BAM/CAM/DBM 0 Hub Interface to PCI Bridge 8086 Intel Corporation 24CC 82801DBM 0 LPC Interface Bridge 8086 Intel Corporation 24CA 82801DBM B IDE Controller (UltraATA/100) 8086 Intel Corporation 24C5 82801DB 7 AC97 Audio Controller 8086 Intel Corporation 24C6 82801DB/DBM B AC97 Modem Controller 10DE NVIDIA Corporation 0324 NV31 B nVidia GeForce FX Go 5200, 64MB 14E4 Broadcom Corporation 165D BCM5705M B Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet 104C Texas Instruments AC47 7510/4510 B Cardbus 104C Texas Instruments AC4A B 104C Texas Instruments 802B B 104C Texas Instruments 8204 4610, 4515, 4610FM 0 TI UltraMedia Firmware Loader Device 8086 Intel Corporation 4220 MPCI3B B Intel 2200 mPCI 3B - RoW No proprietary drivers in the system: I'm using XFree 4.3 driver for Nvidia. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/