On Tuesday 24 February 2009 23:25:11 Alberto Gonzalez wrote: > --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Bug-Entry : > > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12337 > > > > Subject : ~100 extra wakeups reported by > > > > powertop > > > > > > Submitter : Alberto Gonzalez > > > > <luis6674@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Date : 2008-12-31 12:25 (55 days old) > > > > > > Still present, yes. > > > > Any chance you could bisect it? > > Well, if you look at the report you'd notice that: I read at the report, but it wasn't obvious that you wouldn't be able to bisect it. > - I'm using a released, stable, distro (Arch Linux, basically vanilla) > kernel. I hardly know how to compile one, let alone bisect it. - I first > had the problem on my 5+ year old Pentium 4 with equally old Intel graphics > (845G chipset). I thought it would be hardware specific. But now I got a > new Core 2 Duo with new Intel graphics (G45 chipset), moved to 64bit, and > still have the exact same problem and exact same workaround. So I really > don't believe anymore it's something hardware specific and should be quite > general to anyone using Intel graphics. I hoped someone with much better > knowledge could reproduce it and investigate it better. > > On the report, Eric Anholt mentioned a likely cause and said that Jesse > Barnes had looked into a similar issue before. I cc'd him (jbarnes) on last > week reminder, but got no reply. > > I really wish I could do more, but learning to compile a custom kernel for > my hardware and do a git bisect is something I just can't afford now. If > relevant people try to reproduce it but can't, and say only possible > solution would be for me to bisect it I guess I could try to give it a go > when I get some spare time. Fair enough. Reporting a problem is always very appreciated. Pinging Eric and Jesse ;) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
