On Friday 25 July 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:26:51 -0700 > David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Cope with a quirk of some RTCs (notably ACPI ones) which > > aren't guaranteed to implement oneshot behavior when they > > woke the system from sleeep: forcibly disable the alarm, > > just in case. > > > > ... > > I assume this fixes some reported bug? Any references? It's more paranoia than anything else ... I saw a version of this with on x86, but that was because of problems in the HPET glue (fixed by a previous patch). > Is this needed in 2.6.26.x? 2.6.25.x? The selftest only merged this week, so not 2.6.25; and since it's just paranoia, it shouldn't be critical for 2.6.26 either. - Dave _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
