Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Lord
Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Friday, 28 September 2007 15:22, Mark Lord wrote: Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Friday, 28 September 2007 06:57, Len Brown wrote: On Thursday 27 September 2007 18:00, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: Question: do we di

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-28 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, 28 September 2007 15:22, Mark Lord wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Friday, 28 September 2007 06:57, Len Brown wrote: > >> On Thursday 27 September 2007 18:00, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >>> On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: > Question: do we disable al

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Lord
Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Friday, 28 September 2007 06:57, Len Brown wrote: On Thursday 27 September 2007 18:00, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? No, but we should. We used

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-28 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, 28 September 2007 06:57, Len Brown wrote: > On Thursday 27 September 2007 18:00, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: > > > Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? > > > > No, but we should. > > We used to. >

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-27 Thread Len Brown
On Thursday 27 September 2007 18:00, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: > > Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? > > No, but we should. We used to. It is absolutely mandatory -- else it confuses the BIOS on some board

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-27 Thread Mark Lord
Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? No, but we should. Background: I have a machine here dedicated to running MythTV. It powers up to record, and then sets the RTC alarm for next

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-27 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:29, Mark Lord wrote: > Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? No, but we should. > Background: > I have a machine here dedicated to running MythTV. > It powers up to record, and then sets the RTC alarm for next time > and powers dow

Re: Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-27 Thread Mark Lord
Mark Lord wrote: Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? Background: I have a machine here dedicated to running MythTV. It powers up to record, and then sets the RTC alarm for next time and powers down again in between recordings. It has an Intel Core2duo E6300 CPU

Problems with SMP & ACPI powering off

2007-09-27 Thread Mark Lord
Question: do we disable all CPUs except 0 when doing ACPI power off? Background: I have a machine here dedicated to running MythTV. It powers up to record, and then sets the RTC alarm for next time and powers down again in between recordings. It has an Intel Core2duo E6300 CPU, currently on an