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From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" <PrakashKC@gmx.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>,
	B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: libata + siI3112 + 2.6.5-rc3 hang
Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 13:58:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <409390F8.2010007@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040430222157.17f5db82.akpm@osdl.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:
> CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
> 
>>Here's the patch that Joe sent me. It doesn't apply cleanly mainly due
>> to formatting errors in the patch but a bit of manual fixerupping made
>> it all apply.
>>
>> --- 8< ---
>> --- linux-2.6.4-orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c      2004-03-11 
>> 03:55:36.000000000 +0100
>> +++ linux-2.6.4/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c   2004-03-16 13:12:25.706569480 +0100
>> @@ -187,6 +187,22 @@
>>                dev->transparent = 1;
>> }
>>
>> +/*
>> + * Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnect (bit 4 at offset 0x6F)
>> + * must be disabled when APIC is used (or lockups will happen).
>> + */
> 
> 
> I had this in -mm for a while.  Ended up dropping it because it made some
> people's CPUs run warmer and because it "wasn't the right fix".
> 
> Does anyone know what the right fix is?  If not, it seems that a warm CPU
> is better than a non-functional box.  Maybe enable it via a boot option?

Ross' C1halt idle patch is the right thing to take. No fix, but stable 
work-around.

Prakash

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-01 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-29 23:42 libata + siI3112 + 2.6.5-rc3 hang CaT
2004-04-30  0:08 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-04-30  0:39   ` CaT
2004-04-30  9:39   ` CaT
2004-04-30 16:00     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-01  3:08       ` CaT
2004-05-01  5:21         ` Andrew Morton
2004-05-01 11:58           ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam [this message]
2004-05-01 15:15           ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-01 15:58             ` CaT
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2004-05-01  3:53 Marcus Hartig

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