Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755611AbXLBOlb (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:41:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753303AbXLBOlV (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:41:21 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:38830 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752822AbXLBOlU (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:41:20 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:41:13 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Mark Lord Cc: Arjan van de Ven , "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" , Andrew Morton , abelay@novell.com, lenb@kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 20000+ wake-ups/second in 2.6.24. Bug? Message-ID: <20071202144113.GJ15974@stusta.de> References: <924EFEDD5F540B4284297C4DC59F3DEE2FAE6A@orsmsx423.amr.corp.intel.com> <20071130142058.816d1693.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <924EFEDD5F540B4284297C4DC59F3DEE2FAEAF@orsmsx423.amr.corp.intel.com> <4750CC78.9070105@rtr.ca> <20071130190227.1976e682@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4750D180.6080001@rtr.ca> <20071130191816.3e744205@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4750D585.1030200@rtr.ca> <4750D899.4020905@rtr.ca> <4751F1AB.2060801@rtr.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4751F1AB.2060801@rtr.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1777 Lines: 53 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 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? > 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. Please send the output of "dmesg -s 1000000" for both 2.6.23 and 2.6.24. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/