Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757092AbZLUTMM (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:12:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757079AbZLUTML (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:12:11 -0500 Received: from smtp110.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.120]:25582 "HELO smtp110.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757033AbZLUTMK (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:12:10 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id; b=IQaGu/32kra24NgQymsYcJgssjGKKs9JPHD8owGs0ZOIkc2/sRVxIAH+28YGteB0HSgQl297/bPzacbi/977SJ7VB6Tp5AUwLJDCguXVIWDE9ZFem3SmeSaZDXL4S8NVtmq889ipIrQh4E9KbtwVKZ0VW0rC5eYzMSLCXy68D4g= ; X-Yahoo-SMTP: rZzhDImswBA_40COIyZI42.8nAz5YXic.zo1v550XQVtX7k- X-YMail-OSG: .J5R9McVM1lF2HQanWe7dwVzfjYhh4Vf6i_n3atMlAFm9hbihX9t4CctdZufOfxIbQ-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Shawn Starr To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.33-rc1] System timer flooding bus on Lenovo Thinkpad W500 laptop in x86_64 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:12:03 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.0 (Linux/2.6.33-rc1-custom-radeon; KDE/4.3.82; x86_64; svn-1062525; 2009-12-14) References: <200912211312.52769.shawn.starr@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <200912211312.52769.shawn.starr@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912211412.03936.shawn.starr@rogers.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 605 Lines: 16 On December 21, 2009 01:12:52 pm Shawn Starr wrote: > Hello kernel devs, > > I am noticing a serious problem with the system timer flooding the bus with > many interrupts for no reason. I have compiled the kernel with tickless > enabled. > I should also note I have tried the following: disabling MSI, PAT and even disabling the Local APIC to see. Shawn. -- 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/