>commit 8db2b57665ff7b54aeb3592197587759b5a7eb5e >Author: Sepherosa Ziehau <[email protected]> >Date: Sun Apr 17 15:00:54 2011 +0800 > > powerd: Wait hw.acpi.cpu.px_dom* sysctl to be created by kernel > > Since hw.acpi.cpu.px_dom* creation is queued into ACPI taskqueue > and ACPI taskqueue is shared across various ACPI modules, any delay > in other modules may cause hw.acpi.cpu.px_dom* to be created at > quite a later time (e.g. cmbat module's task could take quite a lot > of time).
A timeout would be nice, for now powerd(8) will wait indefinite if hw.acpi.cpu.px_dom* isn't created on system. How long timeout is reasonable? Maybe 5 minutes; or 1 minute; or ..? -thomas
