Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752214AbXE2Wf5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:35:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750884AbXE2Wft (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:35:49 -0400 Received: from mxfep03.bredband.com ([195.54.107.76]:53315 "EHLO mxfep03.bredband.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750717AbXE2Wft (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:35:49 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 3394 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 18:35:48 EDT Subject: Re: [BUG] Something goes wrong with timer statistics. From: Ian Kumlien To: Michal Piotrowski Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <6bffcb0e0705291524y2752d646p94b0bf6ca87af68f@mail.gmail.com> References: <1180474738.22497.25.camel@pi.pomac.com> <6bffcb0e0705291524y2752d646p94b0bf6ca87af68f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 00:35:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1180478138.19814.2.camel@pi.pomac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1402 Lines: 47 On ons, 2007-05-30 at 00:24 +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > Hi Ian, > > (Thomas "The Wizard of Time" added to CC :)) > > On 29/05/07, Ian Kumlien wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As the daystar sets, i try to play some with my new would be > > firewall/server, but since this will be running for quite some time i > > have been experimenting with powertop to find out what i can do to limit > > it's power usage. > > > > But, if i run powertop for too long or a few times to many... this > > happens: > > http://pomac.netswarm.net/pics/kernel_panic.jpg > > > > If i don't run powertop, it is rock solid... Compiling for hours, > > running memtest for hours etc etc... > > (Where is my magic ball?) (Lost? =)) > Let me guess - Pentium 4 with HT? Core 2 Duo, without HT =) > Also, please try the latest hrt tree > http://tglx.de/projects/hrtimers/2.6.22-rc3/ If you still think i should try that, i will, this box is not in production yet for a while so... =) I switched to using 64 bit hpet after the last crash, will this influence the results? > Regards, > Michal > -- Ian Kumlien -- http://pomac.netswarm.net - 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/