Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 00:05 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > I played with powertop a bit, and found a fairly interesting failure > mode. If I boot init=/bin/bash vga=1, I get ~2 wakeups a second, nice. > > When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups > are caused by

Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Clemens Koller wrote: When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I guess). But... the cursor blinking does not even work properly! It blinks at normal speed, then (randomly) it blinks slowly, then gets back to

Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread Clemens Koller
Pavel Machek schrieb: I played with powertop a bit, and found a fairly interesting failure mode. If I boot init=/bin/bash vga=1, I get ~2 wakeups a second, nice. When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I

sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! I played with powertop a bit, and found a fairly interesting failure mode. If I boot init=/bin/bash vga=1, I get ~2 wakeups a second, nice. When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I guess). But... the

sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! I played with powertop a bit, and found a fairly interesting failure mode. If I boot init=/bin/bash vga=1, I get ~2 wakeups a second, nice. When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I guess). But... the

Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread Clemens Koller
Pavel Machek schrieb: I played with powertop a bit, and found a fairly interesting failure mode. If I boot init=/bin/bash vga=1, I get ~2 wakeups a second, nice. When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I

Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Clemens Koller wrote: When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I guess). But... the cursor blinking does not even work properly! It blinks at normal speed, then (randomly) it blinks slowly, then gets back to

Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9

2007-10-08 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 00:05 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! I played with powertop a bit, and found a fairly interesting failure mode. If I boot init=/bin/bash vga=1, I get ~2 wakeups a second, nice. When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups are caused by cursor