David,
your report sounds like a problem that we have seen in the test lab, but no
one has reported in the field... yet. :)
if the problem is the same as we have seen... unloading the driver and
reloading the driver should also clear up the problem. but typically the
problem only occurs after pla
appreciate the info. i'll look at it.
glad it works as a module :)
tom
> -Original Message-
> From: David Ford [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:35 PM
> To: LKML; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: cs46xx only works as a module still (p
Problem: Certain Laptops (IBM Thinkpads is where i see the issue) reduce the
CPU frequency based upon whether the unit is on battery power or direct
power. When the Linux kernel boots up, then the cpu_khz (time.c) value is
determined based upon the current cpu speed. But if the unit's power sourc
> > I wonder if there is a way to modify mdelay to use a kernel timer if
> > interval > 10msec? I am not familiar with this section of the kernel,
> but I
> > do know that Microsoft's similar function KeStallExecutionProcessor is
> not
> > recommended for more than 50 *micro*seconds.
>
>
t
until mdelay is working when booted up on battery the patch may not be
needed.
> -Original Message-
> From: Pavel Machek [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 5:29 PM
> To: Woller, Thomas; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: Incorrect
i talked with Keith Frechette at IBM, he is in charge of Linux for IBM. he
indicated that they are working issues with INTEL speedstep and Linux for
their newer laptops, albeit not at a swift pace. he will probably contact
the linux community at some point to help solve issues with SpeedStep, bu
I'll send the latest driver that I have via separate email. Toshiba refuses
to supply equipment, and there are some design issues with Toshiba laptops.
I recently sent a driver to another Toshiba owner and he had good luck with
the latest driver. I have never seen any Toshiba laptop not generate
I Can not reproduce the problem with 2.4.5-ac5 driver or with latest rev of
the driver that I have been working on, or with any of the previous 4
internal releases back to early april. although I do not have a Toshiba
laptop to test on and don't doubt that there might be a problem on your
system.
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