acpi_cpu_idle panic (Was: Re: kernel panic with todays source)

[Eric Anderson]

Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:

>On Tuesday 18 November 2003 18:58, you wrote:
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>
>>On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
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>>>On Tuesday 18 November 2003 03:37, you wrote:
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>>>>Sorry I wasn't more clear.  I need you to print the contents like this:
>>>>  print *cpu_cx_count
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>cpu_cx_count 1
>>>cpu_cx_lowest 0
>>>cpu_idle_hook c0468300
>>>cpu_cx_next 0
>>>
>>>I hope these are the correct values.
>>>      
>>>
>>Thanks, those are the correct values for your box.  I just posted a patch
>>that should address the boot-time panic.  Please revert old patches and
>>try it.
>>    
>>
>
>Yep, this looks good. Perhaps you're interested in the following line which 
>arose for the first time during boot:
>
>C0? cx_next 0 cx_count 1
>
>And here is what you requested in your first patch:
>
>cale:~> sysctl hw.acpi.cpu
>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_supported: C1/0
>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: 0
>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_history: 0/0
>  
>

Ok - what do I need to do to try this new acpi stuff out?  I'm running 
-current as of Nov 14th, and I'd like to help debug/test this on my 
notebook..

Eric


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