[Debian-eeepc-devel] Some experiences with kernel 2.6.31

[Darren Salt]

I demand that Alan Jenkins may or may not have written...

> On 10/9/09, Darren Salt <linux at youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> I demand that Luca Niccoli may or may not have written...
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>>> * Loading eeepc_laptop is still amazingly slow. I worked around it by
>>> blacklisting the module, and modifying /etc/init.d/eeepc-acpi-scripts to
>>> load it (and making the script Depend: on $all, not starting on S but on
>>> 2 3 4 5, so that it happens after the whole boot process). Would it be
>>> acceptable to merge this?
>> There is one known cause of this: i2c_i801. That module is blacklisted (if
>> you have eeepc-acpi-scripts 1.1.2 or a git snapshot); if it's present in
>> your kernel, REMOVE IT and the delay will go away.

> i2c_i801 is supposed to refuse to load on EeePCs in 2.6.31, unless you
> deliberately force it to load by setting acpi_enforce_resources=lax.

That's easy to forget when you don't include that module... :-)

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