From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:19:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:19:23 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:28032 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:19:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:02:15 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andrej Ricnik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux-Kernels 2.4.xx, apm & P4 issues Message-ID: <20030218080215.GA137@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200302171527.19066.a.ricnik@niwa.cri.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302171527.19066.a.ricnik@niwa.cri.nz> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > and my apologies for the general direction. > > I have googled on this topic, asked on discussion boards > and couldn't find any suitable hints. > > The problem that I encounter is happening on a mobile P4. > When apm is active (I've compiled it as a module in > both a 2.4.18 and 2.4.20 kernel) my system clock errs > by as much as 90 seconds in an hour. Also, I seem to > experience keyboard related problems (Ctrl, Alt, Shift get > *sticky* -excuse my wording, I can't think of a better > description- that is, if I press them while typing normally, > even though they are released physically their functionality > carries on. Also the cursor keys sometimes issue numbers rather > than cursor-movement) when apm is running. > The machine in question is a IBM Thinkpad R32, mobile P4 1.8GHz, > 512MB RAM. Seems that crappy apm bios takes long to execute, and interrupts are probably off during that. Try enabling interrupts during apm; try acpi. -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]