Re: kernel apm code (PR#128)

2001-03-27 Thread sfr
Hi, >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 28 05:06:59 2001 > > David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > While isn't this merged into the official kernel ? > > The maintainer hasn't the time to do it. He promised me he would in True. > February, when I telephone, but hasn't bothered to do

Re: Incorrect mdelay() results on Power Managed Machines x86

2001-03-23 Thread sfr
From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On the ThinkPad 600E (at least), we get a Power Status Change APM event. > > Any reason we couldn't recalibrate the bogomips on a power status change, > at least for laptops we know appear to need it (I can make the DMI code look > for matches there..) N

Re: Incorrect mdelay() results on Power Managed Machines x86

2001-03-22 Thread sfr
> Boot with the 'notsc' option is one approach. We certainly could recalibrate > the clock if we could get events out of ACPI, APM or some other source. Maybe > someone at IBM knows something on the thinkpad front here. If there is for > example an additional apm event or irq we can enable for the