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Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:41:05 -0500
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ACPI: EC: evaluating _Q10

> > The bigger question is why you get "tons of these" --
> > as EC  events are usually infrequent.
> > Do you have a big number next to "acpi" in /proc/interrupts?
> > If so, at what rate is it growing?
> 
> maybe tons were a bit to overstated... After a fresh reboot, i count 110 
> _q10 and one _q21messages now with 8 min. uptime and around 10300 acpi 
> interrupts.

480 sec/110 ec events = 4 seconds/event.  This doesn't worry me.
Could be battery updates, thermal updates etc.

480/10300 = an interrupt every 46 ms.
This is certainly not right.
Have you always seen runaway acpi interrupts on this box, no matter the kernel?

thanks,
-Len

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