linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/6] AMD C1E aware idle support

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.55.0806142222040.3771@cliff.in.clinika.pl>
Date:	Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:27:29 +0100 (BST)
From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arjan van de Veen <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] AMD C1E aware idle support

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> @Macej: I bisected your patches and the commit which solves the mysterious
> hangs is:
> 
> x86: I/O APIC: timer through 8259A second-chance
> (7e3530cd98a0c6ab38f5898e855a5beffab26561 in linux-2.6-tip.git)
> 
> That's the patch which you worried about possible impacts, but it
> seems that it actually fixes the stupid timer irq issue finally. I
> have tested it on various machines which had timer irq problems in the
> past and they all run smothly. Great work!

 Well, I did hope at least some impact would be positive!  I am glad this 
is the case and thanks for your report as well as appreciation.

  Maciej
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