Re: Linux 2.6.17: PM-Timer bug warning?

[Andreas Mohr]

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:58:01PM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> >>     but now, how and to whom should I report ?
> >
> > We need to enhance current kernel to whitelist this chipset revision
> > somehow. Or at least put a note there that this revision is ok, too
> > (to wait some more time for further evidence/revisions to appear).
> 
> Almost ICH4 should be sane.  Since there seems both reports of good
> and bad, probably the bug of ICH4 seems to be depending on a specific
> motherboard.
> 
> FWIW, If you want to reduce gray-list, probably it should be
> motherboard list.

OK, so if I get a nice description of which dual P4 Xeon motherboard that
was (Dell something?), then I'll make a patch adding
this chipset's revision + motherboard + LKML link of bug test app
to the file, and asking for more testers there, too.

Andreas Mohr

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