From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: [PATHC] Relaxed syntax for the processor PBLK length Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:53:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20050131185308.GA8700@dominikbrodowski.de> References: <41FD3E02.8010701@tremplin-utc.net> <20050131145836.GA1145@poupinou.org> <41FE4ABF.9040100@tremplin-utc.net> <20050131152931.GC1145@poupinou.org> <20050131155917.GA4416@dominikbrodowski.de> <20050131163603.GE1145@poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050131163603.GE1145-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Bruno Ducrot Cc: Eric Piel , Nate Lawson , len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:36:03PM +0100, Bruno Ducrot wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:59:17PM +0100, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:29:31PM +0100, Bruno Ducrot wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:11:59PM +0100, Eric Piel wrote: > > > > Why? Actually this patch is especially designed to allow C3 state to be > > > > used on my computer. This works for more than 6 months without any > > > > appearent problem, is there anything I'm not aware of? > > > > > > I thought some BIOS devellopers wanted to use a size for the > > > pblk of 5 just to not allow C3 (which correspond to the sixth io > > > register). > > > > > > I'm not alone to think this. > > > > > > Nate: FreeBSD allow only C2 in this case. What do you think about this > > > report? > > > Do you have an example of some kind of malfunction when enabling C3? > > > > IIRC my desktop has a pblk of 5, and enabling _C2_ causes random lockups. > > > > Does your desktop support throttling? brodo@mondschein ~ $ cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling :) Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl