Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:33:57 -0600 | From | Seth Forshee <> | Subject | Re: Performance/resume issues on Toshiba NB305 |
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:11:31PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2011, Seth Forshee wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:17:47PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > One possible explanation here is that the performance problems are also > > > > related to hangs in SMI handlers until there's a timer interrupt, > > > > although I don't know how that explains why some of the command line > > > > options eliminate the performance issues. > > > > > > Sounds like a buggy BIOS to me. Is there upgrades available for this > > > box? > > > > It does sound like a buggy BIOS. I've already flashed the latest BIOS > > though, so no luck there. > > Has the BIOS some knob to disable that feature^Wcrap? It's often > hidden behind some "$manufacturer super extra mode".
You mean the "hang in SMI until a timer interrupt fires" feature? ;)
There's nothing in the BIOS settings that looks relevant to either of the topics at hand.
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