Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:59:57 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: 20000+ wake-ups/second in 2.6.24. Bug? |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 06:43:39PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: >> Mark Lord wrote: >>> Arjan van de Ven wrote: >>>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:31:17 -0500 >>>> Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote: >> ... >>>>> Speaking of which.. what's with powertop on 2.6.24 ??? >>>>> It's gone from 100-200 wakeups/sec to 20000 wakeups/sec !!!!!!! >>>> ho hum.. Lenovo T61? >>>> I have some reports that that happens once in a while (but it's not >>>> limited to .24 and it's also real, it's not a powertop bug but it >>>> actually is waking up that much).. >>> .. >>> >>> No, it's my hefty Dell Inspiron 9400. >>> >>> And I just figured out the powertop: it needed the kernel timers >>> patch from the powertop site that was originally for 2.6.21.. >> ... >> >> 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. > > What is the status with an unpatched 2.6.23? ..
More wakeups than without patching, but still on the order of hundreds of wakeups/sec; nowhere near the 20000+ wakeups/sec range when it goes wonky.
> Please send the output of "dmesg -s 1000000" for both 2.6.23 and 2.6.24. ..
Okay, I'll do a couple of reboots and collect that info for private email, and maybe post a diff of the two here.
Cheers
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