Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8 [also: VIA Support]

Michael S. Zick
2009-06-04T21:02:39Z

On Thu June 4 2009, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> On Thu June 4 2009, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> > On Thu June 4 2009, Harald Welte wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:21:28AM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> > >
> >
> > @Linus - -
> > The Debian/Ubuntu distribution kernels require irqpoll (2.6.28+) -
> > I took that out very early in my testing, when that problem got fixed -
> > I will also try putting that back in, it might be needed for
> > some of its side-effects on the processor/chipset.
> >
>
> It looks like I stopped using irqpoll on 4/10 (-rc1)
> http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=6708#p6708
>
> Am re-testing the "virgin" kernel build with both command options now:
> http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=7037#p7037
>
> Will post if it has less than 6 months of up-time. ;)
>

About 6 months less than 6 months up-time ;)

2.6.30-rc8 - no special cmd line options: 1h45m
2.6.30-rc8 - idle=poll irqpoll options: 1h08m

Summary:
Phooey!

Mike

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