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DateThu, 30 Sep 2010 18:14:35 -0400 (EDT)
FromLen Brown <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] intel_idle: PCI quirk to prevent Lenovo Ideapad s10-3 boot hang
> > When the Lenovo Ideapad S10-3 is booted with HT enabled,
> > it hits a boot hang in the intel_idle driver.
> >
> > This occurs when entering ATM-C4 for the first time,
> > unless BM_STS is first cleared.
> >
> > acpi_idle doesn't see this because it first checks
> > and clears BM_STS, but it would hit the same hang
> > if that check were disabled.
>
> If there's hardware that expects BM_STS to be cleared, and if we've
> previously always cleared BM_STS, shouldn't intel_idle be doing the same
> thing?

No, we don't always clear BM_STS with acpi_idle --
we check (and clear) that bit only if the acpi tables
tell us to do so.

BM_STS is a status bit, not a control bit.
It is a surprise that the NM10 chip-set requires that it be cleared --
apparently once at boot time.

No, I don't want intel_idle to know about this chip-set quirk,
and I don't want to add an IO access to the idle hot path
if we can possibly avoid it.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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