Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:42:09 +0100 | From | "Stefan Prechtel" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: disable local apic timer via command line or dmi quirk |
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2007/3/21, Grzegorz Chwesewicz <grzegorz.chwesewicz@chilan.com>: > On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:09:30 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote > > * Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: > > > > > The local APIC timer stops to work in deeper C-States. This is handled > > > by the ACPI code and a broadcast mechanism in the clockevents / tick > > > managment code. > > > > > > Some systems do not expose the deeper C-States to the kernel, but > > > switch into deeper C-States behind the kernels back. This delays the > > > local apic timer interrupts for ever and makes the systems unusable. > > > > > > Add a command line option to disable the local apic timer and a dmi > > > quirk for known broken systems. > > Confirming that my machine on 2.6-git with this patch works just like on > 2.6.20. Great work. > > -- > Greetings - Grzegorz Chwesewicz
Works here too, thx ;)
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