Messages in this thread | | | From | Ross Dickson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6, 2.4, Nforce2, Experimental idle halt workaround instead of apic ack delay. | Date | Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:41:17 +1000 |
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On Friday 13 February 2004 21:17, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > Hi, > > I am just testing this patch with latest 2.6.3-rc2-mm1. It works in that > sense, that my machine doesn't lock up of APIC issue. (If it locks up - > hasn't done yet - then because of something else, I am currently > discssing it in another thread...) > > But it doesn't work in the sense of cooling my machine down. Though > athcool reports disconnect is activated it behaves like it is not, ie, > turning disconnect off makes no difference in temperatures. Your old > tack patch in conjunction with 2.6.2-rc1 (linus) works like a charm, ie > no lock-ups and less temp. >
Thanks Prakash for testing it and spotting thermal problem.
Here are some temperatures from my machine read from the bios on reboot. I gave it minimal activity for the minutes prior to reboot.
Win98, 47C XPHome, 42C Patched Linux 2.4.24 (1000Hz), 40C Patched Linux 2.6.3-rc1-mm1, 53C OUCH!
Sorry, I will have to go through my latest patch and see why the temp differs so much between 2.4 and 2.6. I currently use patched 2.4.24 with Suse 8.2 for convenience. When it stopped the lockups on 2.6 I thought the 2.6 was working the same way.
Daniel - I think you patched your 2.6 too. I assume it is also hot?
> Any idea? I haven't taken out the apic_tack line, but I have added the > idle=... line. Should that be a problem? I mean the apic_tack should > safely be ignored, isn't it? Since I swap kernels quite often, I am too > lazy to edit the boot line every time...
Correct, apic_tack will be ignored if the apic.c is not patched with my apic ack delay patch.
Ross.
> > Prakash > > >
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