Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752733AbZFDRHt (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:07:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751230AbZFDRHm (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:07:42 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:55629 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751060AbZFDRHl (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:07:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:07:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: "Michael S. Zick" cc: Duane Griffin , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Harald Welte Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200906041121.30845.lkml@morethan.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LFD 1184 2008-12-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 17 Side note: is it more stable if you disable the VIA speedstep thing (whatever it's called (ok, google tells me it's called "TwinTurbo" and "Advanced PowerSaver")? Features like that easily put a huge stress on power regulators etc, if they result in sudden changes in current draw. Underspecced capacitors etc can cause CPU "brown-outs", which in turn can easily cause total failure. Linus -- 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/