Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:17:06 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
       Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>,
       Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] x86/hrtimer/acpi fixes
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* Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 20:59 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> > 
> > > > Nope, it doesn't still getting "delay" and "xrun" messages galore.
> > > 
> > > Attached: configuration and dmesg output booting with idle=poll, 
> > > reconfirmed that that makes the delay and xrun messages go away.
> > 
> > could you try the rolled up patch of various fixlets, ontop of 
> > current -git? (it might even apply to -rc4) It includes some more 
> > stuff beyond the ones in the pull request. (still being 
> > tested/reviewed)
> 
> I'll try but it will take me a while to figure git and do a package 
> build of it...

if you want to try a vanilla kernel package then pick up the kernel 
package from Fedora rawhide - this fixlet should show up there within a 
couple of days, Dave Jones is doing a really nice job of keeping up with 
latest -git. (and the Fedora kernel has hrtimers and dynticks enabled.)

	Ingo
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