Re: [patch-mm 00/25] High resolution timer updates and x86_64 support - V2

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Mon Jun 18 2007 - 17:50:53 EST


On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:24:33 PDT, "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" said:

> >state2/time: -159524787
> >state2/usage: 15007443
> >
>
> The problem is powertop only understands /proc/acpi/processor/CPU*/power
> for
> and not /sys..cpuidle for the moment.
>
> I had a patch in recent cpuidle fixes series that makes /proc interface
> active
> again with cpuidle which should correct this. Those patches are not in
> rc4-mm2-hrt4, but are there in latest rc4-hrt and rc5-hrt series.

OK, so I've got a 32/64 bug that isn't the cause of *this* issue because
powertop isn't looking at the broken value.

A quick check shows that the keep_proc_acpi_power_around_001.patch from
rc5-hrt will apply to rc4-mm2-hrt - I'll give that a try tonight and report
back...

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