linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc8+

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Message-ID: <20081006062235.GA2808@amd.corenet.prv>
Date:	Mon, 6 Oct 2008 02:23:00 -0400
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 12:29:42AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday, 5 of October 2008, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 09:19:13PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Sunday, 5 of October 2008, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 08:59:49PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday, 5 of October 2008, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Lats night I loaded 2.6.27-rc8-tip for the first time on my AMD Turion
> > > > > > 64 laptop that is normally runs with Fedora distribution kernel.
> > > > > > Compared to 2.6.25 the thing is broken - hdparm reports about 3MB/sec
> > > > > > speed, fans are constantly on, everything seems sluggish.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Booting with hpet=force (HPET is disabled in BIOS) hangs the box
> > > > > > somewhere in tty_init.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is that an HP box, by chance?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, HP nx6115.
> > > 
> > > Oh well.
> > > 
> > > Please send me the output of dmidecode from it.
> > > 
> > 
> > Here you go:
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Please see if the appended patch helps.
> 

Yep, works great, everything is zappy, hdparm reports 30Mb/s and fan is
off. Thanks a lot!

Although I wonder why this blacklist is needed now, earlier kernels were
able to cope with this condition.

-- 
Dmitry
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