From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261480AbVHBWqc (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:46:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261892AbVHBWqc (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:46:32 -0400 Received: from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.8]:58785 "EHLO smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261480AbVHBWqb (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:46:31 -0400 Message-ID: <42EFF7C8.1060804@blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:46:32 +0100 From: Sid Boyce Reply-To: sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk Organization: blueyonder.co.uk User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lee Revell CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Touchpad errors References: <42EF633B.6080209@blueyonder.co.uk> <2ac89c700508021314f42da6a@mail.gmail.com> <1123014056.12562.24.camel@mindpipe> In-Reply-To: <1123014056.12562.24.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Aug 2005 22:47:16.0436 (UTC) FILETIME=[21A5F940:01C597B4] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Lee Revell wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 00:14 +0400, Dmitrij Bogush wrote: > >>This happens when some software check battery state or current cpu >>rate too often. > > > Acer laptops are notorious for buggy SMM implementations that disable > interrupts for many timer ticks. Does it work any better with HZ=100? > > Lee > > > The problem, initially at least, doesn't seem as sever at HZ=100, 18 occurrences in 3 mins 30 seconds. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks