Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752079AbZFDR4V (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:56:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751636AbZFDR4L (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:56:11 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:57144 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751718AbZFDR4K (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:56:10 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:55:36 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: "Michael S. Zick" Cc: Linus Torvalds , Duane Griffin , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Harald Welte Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support] Message-ID: <20090604175536.GA4939@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "Michael S. Zick" , Linus Torvalds , Duane Griffin , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Harald Welte References: <200906041227.10529.lkml@morethan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200906041227.10529.lkml@morethan.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 932 Lines: 21 On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 12:27:07PM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote: > > 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. > > There is also a possible thermal issue with these machines - - > I doubt that VIA runs their qualification testing in bake ovens; > which is what NetBook cases amount too. ;) FWIW, they do, I've toured their facility and seen those ovens ;) I forget just how high they bake them at, but it was something ridiculous that even netbooks won't come close to. Dave -- 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/