linux-kernel - Re: + restore-missing-sysfs-max_cstate-attr.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:48:01 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, abelay@...ell.com,
	lenb@...nel.org, rjw@...k.pl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + restore-missing-sysfs-max_cstate-attr.patch added to -mm tree

Mark Lord wrote:
>..
> And I just figured out the powertop:  it needed the kernel timers
> patch from the powertop site that was originally for 2.6.21..
> Any chance of somebody actually pushing that patch upstream some year ??
> Patch reproduced here for interest's sake only.
> Hey, look who's on the Signed-off list for it, *Arjan* !
...

Mmm.. hey, I was using this patch on 2.6.23 as well..

I wonder if perhaps this is the culprit for the mysterious 1-second delays
that sometimes slow down resume (from RAM) on my machine from 2 seconds
(normal) to 20 seconds (slow) ?   
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