Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:11:05 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Dynamic tick, version 050127-1 |
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Hi!
> > > > I used your config advices from second mail, still it does not work as > > > > expected: system gets "too sleepy". Like it takes a nap during boot > > > > after "dyn-tick: Maximum ticks to skip limited to 1339", and key is > > > > needed to make it continue boot. Then cursor stops blinking and > > > > machine is hung at random intervals during use, key is enough to awake > > > > it. > > > > > > Hmmm, that sounds like the local APIC does not wake up the PIT > > > interrupt properly after sleep. Hitting the keys causes the timer > > > interrupt to get called, and that explains why it keeps running. But > > > the timer ticks are not happening as they should for some reason. > > > This should not happen (tm)... > > > > :-). Any ideas how to debug it? Previous version of patch seemed to work better... > > I don't think it's HPET timer, or CONFIG_SMP. It also looks like your > local APIC timer is working.
I turned off CONFIG_PREEMPT, but nothing changed :-(. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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