linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc6: nohz + s2ram = need to press keys to get progress

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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:15:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc6: nohz + s2ram = need to press keys to get progress

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> On Friday, 12 of September 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > The old "you have to press keys to get machine to progress" seems to
> > be back :-(. Thinkpad x60.
> 
> I guess the last bunch of HPET/clockevents patches caused that to happen.

Guessing is hardly a good method to get down to the root cause of
those problems.
 
> We seem to be doing a "one step forward, one step back" thing here ...

Well, the fixes for HPET/clockevents fix real bugs and there are no
evident side effects vs. s2ram inside. quite the contrary.

Thanks,

	tglx
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