Subject : 2.6.27-rc0 Power Bugs with HP/Compaq Laptops Submitter : "Matt Parnell" <mparnell@gmail.com> Date : 2008-08-07 14:57 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121812108031685&w=4 This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.26. Please don't close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
On Monday, 18 of August 2008, Matt Parnell wrote: > Yep. Still needs listed. Not even -tip is working for me. 2.6.26 works > like a charm, though. > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.26. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11279 > > Subject : 2.6.27-rc0 Power Bugs with HP/Compaq Laptops > > Submitter : Matt Parnell <mparnell@gmail.com> > > Date : 2008-08-07 14:57 (10 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121812108031685&w=4
On Friday, 22 of August 2008, Matt Parnell wrote: > I think that the problem is narrowed down now to something with > hrtimers. I believe they may be using a faulty clocksource, in which > case they should be using hpet. > -Matt Parnell
On Saturday, 23 of August 2008, Matt Parnell wrote: > Arrgh...I spoke too soon. It'll boot if I disable hrtimers, but I also > have to make it use jiffies as the clocksource...so I guess we're back > to square one. If i have hrtimers enabled, with or without > clocksource=jiffies, I end up getting segfaults...so, I'm pretty much > not sure what to do at this point, but relay this message to the pros.
On Sunday, 31 of August 2008, Matt Parnell wrote: > I've narrowed it down to the clocksource. I have to use > clocksource=jiffies for anything to work. > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.26. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11279 > > Subject : 2.6.27-rc0 Power Bugs with HP/Compaq Laptops > > Submitter : Matt Parnell <mparnell@gmail.com> > > Date : 2008-08-07 14:57 (24 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121812108031685&w=4
Handled-by: me
Handled-By : Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Matt just confirmed that this is solved by the patch in BZ11418. Marking this one as a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11418 ***