From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: acpi_idle: Very idle Core i7 machine never enters C3 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:34:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20100126084740.GA5265@jgarrett.org> <87y6jkee1b.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20100205160900.GA2736@jgarrett.org> <20100426194002.586fbaa5@fido5> <20100427124703.GA16706@jgarrett.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173017pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.17]:53277 "EHLO vms173017pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755417Ab0GVFfA (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:35:00 -0400 In-reply-to: <20100427124703.GA16706@jgarrett.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garrett Cc: Philip Langdale , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Jeff, Please attach the output from acpidump for your dell to this bug report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886 I think we know how to cleanly solve the issue to make Philip's Gigabye happy, and I'd like to know if your Dell is the same situation or a different one. Unfortunately, Matthew's HP fails for a different reason than Philip's Gigabyete. (The BIOS asks for it - so we'll have to poke at the chipset to find out the reason it is setting BM_STS) thanks, Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center