On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:16:34AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >... > I assume that "compile the kernel" just triggers some magic ACPI event > (probably fan-related due to heat), and I wonder if the bisection faked > you out because once you get "close enough" the differences are small > enough that the kernel compile is quick and the heat event doesn't > actually trigger? > > See what I'm saying? Maybe the act of bisecting itself changed the > results, and then when you just revert the patch, you end up in the same > situation: you only recompile a small part (you only recompile that > particular file), and the problem doesn't occur, so you'd think that the > revert "fixed" it. > > If it's heat-related, it should probably trigger by anything that does a > lot of CPU (and perhaps disk) accesses, not just kernel builds. It might > be good to try to find another test-case for it than a kernel recompile, > one that doesn't depend on how much changed in the kernel.. Martin's original bug report stated "now I loose ACPI events after suspend/resume. not every time, but roughly 3 out of 4 times." This seems to support your theory. But considering that two people have independently reported this as a 2.6.19-rc regression for similar hardware (Michael for a T60 and Martin for an X60), a problem in the kernel seems to be involved. Martin, Michael, can you send complete "dmesg -s 1000000" for both 2.6.18.1 and a non-working 2.6.19-rc kernel after resume? I don't have high hopes, but perhaps looking at the dmesg and/or diff'ing them might give a hint. > Linus cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html