From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756687AbYFGXUW (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:20:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753695AbYFGXUK (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:20:10 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.251]:61415 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753084AbYFGXUI (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:20:08 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=mYMJDdfceQ2sL2EpMqx49f7/qtDWAJs2Imk5OmOxWStNAm5ctkMH8Ag5qQWx53yigl ZWGxGR78iScwj0LVXZHwJ0v3JZcNLJB2kiMHTlHNltomOmphaIBkxmu98aMDDE0OLCrZ RJjeuip161XrFRA32qIyyFHyKSmcFdajDrAJU= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:20:07 +0000 From: "Justin Mattock" To: "Alexey Starikovskiy" Subject: Re: ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE Cc: "Andrew Morton" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <484AFD3C.7080600@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080606235526.783acc83.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <484AE148.6000204@suse.de> <484AFD3C.7080600@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: > Justin Mattock wrote: >> >> Interesting, over here I'm using a Macbook Pro ATI chipset. I'm not >> experiencing things like missing keys or anything of that nature. >> but am concerned with what might happen to the hardware in the long >> run. As for the patches I did apply those, >> and it did give me a better idea of what is happening., but just to >> get a right info, when ACPI: EC: gpe storm detected message appears >> does it disable interrupt mode for that moment and then go back to it >> original state, or is it once the gpe storm is triggered the interupt >> mode is disabled until a reboot is performed. from looking at the data >> from the patches that I used from here it looks like something in the >> system triggers that message, but then after a few seconds goes back >> to its original state, until another storm is detected. >> I don't have a problem with this message if it's triggering and then >> returning to it's original state until another storm triggers this >> message again, but I am concerned with the message being triggered, >> and then the system is stuck in that mode until a reboot.(but if this >> is O.K. for the system then that's cool too). > > If interrupt storm from EC is detected EC interrupt will be disabled > permanently. > EC driver then starts to poll hardware for events in half-second interval, > so it is > still fully functional, but may be there is going to be impact on power > consumption, etc. > > Regards, > Alex. > Hmmm, power consumption., well that's not bad, but maybe I should be concerned with my battery, maybe I should remove my battery, and use it only if I need be., just to be on the safe side. (apple already replaced this one for free, without apple care, so I don't think they want to do that again.) regards; -- Justin P. Mattock