Re: Kernel stability on baytrail machines

[Michal Feix]

Dne 13.7.2016 v 12:48 Pavel Machek napsal(a)

> > > > Are there any updates on the status of this issue?
> > > >
> > > > The current bugzilla report [1] marks this as a power management
> > > > issue. However, many reports indicate that it would only freeze
> > > > when running X, so it's not completely clear if it's related to
> > > > the gfx driver too.
> > > Does
> > >
> > > "intel_idle.max_cstate=1"
> > >
> > > fix it for you?
> > Yes, it does.
> > > If you feel it is X-only problem, you may want to provide details
> > > about your graphics subsystem (DRM enabled? framebuffer only?) and
> > > probably cc.
> > It's not X-only problem. Happens even in console mode, which is KMS
> > switched during boot though.
> > > ...actually... you may want to verify if it happens in unaccelerated X.
> > As it happens even in console mode, is this relevant test?
> No, no need to test with X.
>
> Would it be possible to test in good old VGA mode?
For past few days I updated to 4.6.3 kernel and tested with X and 
without X, in console mode and no KMS. My machine is way more stable 
than with previous 4.5.* and 4.4.* kernels I tried.

With 4.6.3 kernel and X running, I had only one freeze during Firefox 
session with video playback. For the rest of two days of testing, no hang.

I was not able to hang the machine during another 2 days of testing with 
4.6.3 kernel and console mode with KMS disabled. It's fair to say, that 
stress testing of GFX is quite limited when running in console mode :-). 
I tried hard with mplayer with libcaca and with repeated kernel 
compilation task. No hang occured.

My conclussion is that 4.6.3 is surelly a huge improvement, compared to 
4.5 and 4.4. kernels regarding Bay trail stability issue.

Michal Feix