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From: pavel@ucw.cz (Pavel Machek)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC] ARM: PXA27x: CPUFREQ: Don't use fastbus mode
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:46:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110411134642.GA1519@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D8EFEC1.7010803@compulab.co.il>

Hi!

> >>> PXA27x does not like fastbus for some reason, it can hang in
> >>> random places when it's enabled. So don't use it to make cpufreq
> >>> stable.
> >> This is B/S, you're loosing performance!
> > I'm losing nothing, without this patch cpufreq does not work stable at all on 
> > Zipit Z2.
> 
> Possibly, but Z2 is not the only one using PXA27x.
> And of course you lose performance, unless you don't care,
> because if it does not work at all, you don't care about performance,
> but again it is wrong to force all PXA27x based boards to this.

Well, some other pxa27x machcines  (spitz) are crashing randomly for
_years_ now... so maybe the problem is more widespread?

How easy is to trigger the problem? Do you have script?

Is it possible that this bug triggers with governor==performance.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-04-11 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-26 19:51 [PATCH RFC] ARM: PXA27x: CPUFREQ: Don't use fastbus mode Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-27  0:52 ` Marek Vasut
2011-03-27  7:28   ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-27  9:09     ` Igor Grinberg
2011-03-27  9:48       ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-27 10:09         ` Igor Grinberg
2011-03-27 14:45           ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-27 14:50             ` Marek Vasut
2011-03-27 14:56               ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-27 15:34                 ` Marek Vasut
2011-03-27 16:56                   ` Robert Jarzmik
2011-03-27 17:13                     ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-28  8:22                       ` Igor Grinberg
2011-04-11 13:46       ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2011-04-11 20:11         ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-04-12  5:22           ` Marek Vasut

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