Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752032AbXE2WhY (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:37:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750884AbXE2WhM (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:37:12 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:33622 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750845AbXE2WhL (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 18:37:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20070529.153723.108751260.davem@davemloft.net> To: iank@bredband.net Cc: Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] Something goes wrong with timer statistics. From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1180474738.22497.25.camel@pi.pomac.com> References: <1180474738.22497.25.camel@pi.pomac.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1.52 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 838 Lines: 21 From: Ian Kumlien Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:38:48 +0200 > 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... I see this same exact problem on sparc64. - 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/