cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_ec.c

Ruslan Ermilov ru at FreeBSD.org
Tue Mar 6 16:58:20 UTC 2007


Hi Nate,

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:14:20AM +0000, Nate Lawson wrote:
> njl         2007-02-27 00:14:20 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/dev/acpica       acpi_ec.c 
>   Log:
>   Rework EC I/O approach.  Implement burst mode, including proper handling of
>   case where it asynchronously exits burst mode on its own.  Handle different
>   values of hz in sleep loop.  Provide more debugging options to tune EC
>   behavior.  These tunables/sysctls may be temporary and are not for user
>   access if the EC is working properly.  Burst mode is now on by default for
>   testing and the poll interval has been increased from 100 to 500 us and
>   total timeout from 100 to 500 ms.
>   
>   Hopefully this should be the first step of addressing reports of timeout
>   errors during battery or thermal access, especially on HP/Compaq laptops.
>   It is reasonably stable and should not cause a loss of functionality or
>   performance on systems that were previously working.  Testing shows an
>   increase of responsiveness by ~75% on one system.
>   
>   PR:             kern/98171
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.69      +206 -109  src/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_ec.c

I'm having a problem with this commit.  My ThinkPad 600X
panics on boot with this change.  If I back it out, all
gets back to normal.  What information do you need except
from a verbose boot log to track it down?  (I can grab a
text from serial console, etc.)


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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