On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:04:07 +0200 "Ahmed Kamal" <email.ahmedkamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I just tried powertop (amazing tool), however I was shocked that around 70% > of my laptop's wake ups are from > " 67.5% (756.5) <interrupt> : extra timer interrupt" > Google told me, I am not running tickless (although, my kernel is > 2.6.22.4-45_1.cubbi_suspend2.fc6) and the chipset on my toshiba A105 > satellite laptop seem to be ICH6 Family. Do I need that patch that forces > enabling hpet timers?! If so, is there any (un)official fedora kernel that > includes the patch, as I don't like to manually track kernel upgrades. I > hope that patch will be integrated in mainstream fedora kernels soon. > Regards I have no idea where the kernel you have came from, but if you're running x86_64 and you want tickless you'll need to upgrade to Fedora 8. I don't recall if F7 has tickless for i686 or not, but F8 does for sure. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
