From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: "Michael S. Zick" <lkml@morethan.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Harald Welte <HaraldWelte@viatech.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:55:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090604175536.GA4939@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200906041227.10529.lkml@morethan.org>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-04 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-03 4:06 Linux 2.6.30-rc8 Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 13:56 ` Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support] Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 14:58 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 15:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 15:37 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 17:45 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-08 5:48 ` Pavel Machek
2009-06-04 16:00 ` Duane Griffin
2009-06-04 16:08 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 16:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 16:21 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 17:27 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 17:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-05 11:06 ` VIA PowerSaver (Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]) Harald Welte
2009-06-05 13:41 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-06 12:17 ` Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support] Michael S. Zick
2009-06-06 13:28 ` e_powersaver / underclocking (was Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]) Harald Welte
2009-06-06 13:46 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-06 13:56 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 7:53 ` e_powersaver driver considered DANGEROUS " Harald Welte
2009-06-08 6:12 ` Pavel Machek
2009-06-08 10:27 ` [PATCH 1/2] CPUFREQ: Enable acpi-cpufreq driver for VIA/Centaur CPUs Harald Welte
2009-06-08 13:16 ` Matthew Garrett
2009-06-08 18:01 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-08 14:25 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 14:58 ` Matthew Garrett
2009-06-08 15:08 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 18:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-08 18:41 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 21:32 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-09 2:15 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-09 12:26 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-09 16:22 ` Chuck Ebbert
2009-06-09 16:45 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-15 13:10 ` TSC features, was: " Michael S. Zick
2009-06-15 14:25 ` [PATCH, RFC] Re: TSC features, Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 20:03 ` [PATCH 1/2] CPUFREQ: Enable acpi-cpufreq driver for VIA/Centaur CPUs Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 21:15 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 23:48 ` Matthew Garrett
2009-06-09 12:36 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-09 16:00 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-09 17:51 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-09 8:14 ` Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support] Harald Welte
2009-06-04 17:55 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2009-06-05 7:27 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-05 7:41 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 7:19 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-05 7:27 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 10:39 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-05 13:18 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-08 5:56 ` Pavel Machek
2009-06-04 17:13 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 17:40 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-04 18:12 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 19:23 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 20:32 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 4:37 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 9:00 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 20:33 ` Dave Jones
2009-06-04 21:01 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 21:24 ` Dave Jones
2009-06-04 21:38 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 21:43 ` Dave Jones
2009-06-04 22:00 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 23:26 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 0:15 ` Dave Jones
2009-06-05 0:27 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 11:08 ` VIA CPU PCI cache line size (Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]) Harald Welte
2009-06-05 13:43 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 20:16 ` Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support] Andi Kleen
2009-06-04 20:29 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 0:33 ` Robert Hancock
2009-06-05 0:52 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 0:54 ` Robert Hancock
2009-06-05 7:30 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-04 17:08 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-04 17:18 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 7:24 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-05 7:44 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05 7:52 ` Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04 20:39 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-06-05 18:47 ` Linux 2.6.30-rc8 Michael S. Zick
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