Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:55:48 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: 20000+ wake-ups/second in 2.6.24. Bug? |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:43:39 -0500 > Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote: > >> Dagnabbit.. it's done it again.. went from 100-200 wakeups/sec >> back up to 20000+ wakeups/sec. This time *with* the powertop patches >> in place. >> >> Somethings broken in there, but I don't know what. >> Or how to make it happen on demand.. it's fine after rebooting again. >> >> ??? >> >> At least now I know to look when I hear the fan turning on >> when the system is otherwise supposed to be idle.. >> >> 2.6.23 did not have this problem. > > actually we have reports of 2.6.23 having the exact same problem. > The thing is, "something" is causing the system to go into a state > where the cpu throws us right out of the C-state the kernel asks for. ...
Ahh. Okay, this machine here did not have the problem on 2.6.23.
> Some people have seen that not loading yenta at all will just make this > not happen at all... ...
No yenta/cardbus here -- it's all PCIe. If you have any debug patches that could detect or help next time I see it, then feel free to toss them this way.
Cheers!
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