On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 02:55:10PM +0800, Yu, Luming wrote:
> > >Subject : S3 sleep hangs the second time - 600X
> >> >References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5989
> >> >Submitter : Sanjoy Mahajan <[email protected]>
> >> >Status : problematic commit identified,
> >> > further discussion is in the bug
> >>
> >> The real problem is there are some bugs hidden by ec_intr=0.
> >> ec_intr=1 just get these bug just exposed, and we need to fix them.
> >
> >From a users' point of view, these are regressions from
> >2.6.15, and not
> >all of them might be fixed in time for 2.6.16.
> >
> >What is a possible short term solution/workaround for 2.6.16?
>
> ec_intr=0 is a reasonable workaround for this box,
> if we couldn't root-cause and fix the real problem on time.
>
> >Can we go back to default to polling mode in 2.6.16?
>
> No, don't do this. There are other laptops need this. And I didn't
> get regression report that is root-caused to enabling ec_intr=1 by
> default. If you argue bug 5989, 6075 could be, I think
> the truth is, for 5989, we need to fix thermal and processor driver
> issue.
We do both agree that defaulting to polling mode is not a long term
solution.
The question is what to do until it's resolved - assuming that issues
like 5989 might not be fixed in time for 2.6.16.
Breaking setups working with the defaults under 2.6.15 in 2.6.16 doesn't
sound that good.
> for 6075, we need to fix interrupt issue.
As far as I understand 6075, the submitter already tried ec_intr=0
without success.
> So far, I don't think we need o fall back.
>
> Thanks,
> Luming
cu
Adrian
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