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From: Ruben Puettmann <ruben@puettmann.net>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.22 APM problems with IBM Thinkpad's
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:31:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030813133126.GA26337@puettmann.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16186.14686.455795.927909@gargle.gargle.HOWL>

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:13:02PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 
> This sounds like a well-known APM/local-APIC clash.

nice to know ... 
> 
> Never ever use DISPLAY_BLANK if you also have SMP or UP_APIC.

not nice so ;-( how is it with acpi? Same problem?

> With APIC support enabled (SMP or UP_APIC), APM must be constrained:
> DISPLAY_BLANK off
> CPU_IDLE off
> built-in driver, not module

Why will this not be disabled in make *config so that nobody will run in
this problem?

> This is because the apm driver does BIOS calls, and many BIOSen
> (including the code in graphics cards, e.g. all Radeons it seems)
> like to hang if a local APIC timer interrupt arrives.

Yes radeonfb don't like apm -s on this thinkpad. apm -s works but on
resume it freezed some on

modprobe radeonfb;
sleep 10;
rmmod radeonfb;
sleep 10;
modprobe radeonfb;

and thinkpad freezed .


            Ruben

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-13 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-13 12:31 Ruben Puettmann
2003-08-13 13:13 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-13 13:31   ` Ruben Puettmann [this message]
2003-08-13 14:24     ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-13 14:11   ` Alan Cox
2003-08-13 14:32     ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-14 12:28     ` Ruben Puettmann
2003-08-14 13:21       ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-14 13:47       ` Alan Cox
2003-08-14 17:33     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-14 20:03       ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-14 21:40         ` Jamie Lokier
     [not found] ` <20030813131043.GA1112@deimos.one.pl>
2003-08-13 13:35   ` Ruben Puettmann

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