linux-kernel - Re: NO_HZ: timer interrupt stuck [Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1]

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:25:24 +0100
From:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...x01.fht-esslingen.de>
To:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NO_HZ: timer interrupt stuck [Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 10:07:19PM +0100, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > no; c3 saves a TON more power. 
> >
> > you can try enabling HPET in your BIOS...
> >
> >   
> 
> Hah, I wish! This is a laptop, so the BIOS is as brain dead and broken
> as is humanly possible.
> 
> Can I determine if I have the required hardware? So I can tell if I'm
> permanently screwed, or just temporarily.

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/14/153

and related posts in this older thread
("CONFIG_NO_HZ: missed ticks, stall (keyb IRQ required) [2.6.18-rc4-mm1]")
should help.

Andreas Mohr
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/