Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E

2007-09-26 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Wednesday, 26 September 2007 10:31, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Rafael J. Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 25 September 2007 22:55, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 22:55 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > I have reworked the patch a bit so that it appli

Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E

2007-09-26 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Rafael J. Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, 25 September 2007 22:55, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 22:55 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > I have reworked the patch a bit so that it applies on top of > > > 2.6.23-rc8-mm1 > > > and compiles (my version is a

Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E

2007-09-25 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, 25 September 2007 22:55, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 22:55 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > I have reworked the patch a bit so that it applies on top of 2.6.23-rc8-mm1 > > and compiles (my version is attached). > > > > With this patch applied, the kernel boots cor

Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E

2007-09-25 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 22:55 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > I have reworked the patch a bit so that it applies on top of 2.6.23-rc8-mm1 > and compiles (my version is attached). > > With this patch applied, the kernel boots correctly on the nx6325. I know. It's basically enforced "noapictimer".

Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E

2007-09-25 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, 25 September 2007 21:37, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > commit 3556ddfa9284a86a59a9b78fe5894430f6ab4eef titled > > [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E > > solves a problem with AMD dual core laptops e.g. HP nx6325 (Turion 64 > X2

[PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E

2007-09-25 Thread Thomas Gleixner
commit 3556ddfa9284a86a59a9b78fe5894430f6ab4eef titled [PATCH] x86-64: Disable local APIC timer use on AMD systems with C1E solves a problem with AMD dual core laptops e.g. HP nx6325 (Turion 64 X2) with C1E enabled: When both cores go into idle at the same time, then the system switches into