linux-kernel - Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)

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Message-Id: <201101252054.46647.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:54:46 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
Cc:	Lionel Debroux <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, colin.king@...onical.com
Subject: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)

On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, Ozan Çağlayan wrote:
> On 25.01.2011 21:38, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > Does
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ec30f343d61391ab23705e50a525da1d55395780
> > generally help?
> 
> Well I can let them try a patched kernel but will a kernel showing 
> acpi_idle as the cpuidle driver in dmesg will be affected by this patch?
> I can't see any sign on reporters' dmesg that intel_idle is active.

If intel_idle is not active, then the patch will not help.

However, it would be good to check if the affected systems work with
intel_idle + the above patch instead of acpi_idle.

Thanks,
Rafael
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