From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751121AbXCWQVB (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:21:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751939AbXCWQVA (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:21:00 -0400 Received: from smtp-105-friday.noc.nerim.net ([62.4.17.105]:4066 "EHLO mallaury.nerim.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751121AbXCWQU7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:20:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:19:19 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: LKML Cc: Thomas Renninger , Len Brown Subject: Xorg fails to start on 2.6.21-rc4-git7 Message-Id: <20070323171919.7260a5b6.khali@linux-fr.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all, 2.6.21-rc4-git7 doesn't work on my laptop, git6 was OK. Symptop: the machine freezes as Xorg is started. A bisection led me there: 25496caec111481161e7f06bbfa12a533c43cc6f is first bad commit commit 25496caec111481161e7f06bbfa12a533c43cc6f Author: Thomas Renninger Date: Tue Feb 27 12:13:00 2007 -0500 ACPI: Only use IPI on known broken machines (AMD, Dothan/BaniasPentium M) Use IPI for blacklisted CPUs, add parameter IPI vs LAPIC Currently, Linux disables lapic timer for all machines with C2 and higher C-state support. According to Intel only specific Intel models (Banias/Dothan) are broken in respect of not waking up from C2 with lapic. However, I am not sure about the naming of the parameter and how it could/should get integrated into the dyntick part (CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS). There, a more fine grained check (TSC still running?, ..) is needed? Does this make sense (always use CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ON, but use OFF if forced by use_ipi=0: clockevents_notify(use_ipi ? CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ON : CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_OFF, &pr->id); Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger Signed-off-by: Len Brown :040000 040000 f089eab6ed1e602029c532d828e7d7a2e46e51af d639f8aa8676fee0bf0b868fe20151712f3a530c M drivers My laptop's CPU is: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 11 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 866MHz stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 864.500 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1724.04 clflush size : 32 Thomas, Len, any idea? I can help with testing as needed. -- Jean Delvare