[ltp] T60p idle GPU temperature?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

Hi Alex!

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Alex Deucher wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
> <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Alex Deucher wrote:
> >> > No.  Either it never switched the number of lanes, or it somehow avoided
> >> > whatever causes the Intel 915PM in my T43 to SERR.  If the code is exactly
> >> > equal, and it DID change the PCIe link width just like modern KMS does, then
> >> > the usermode->kernel mode transition was somehow helpful.
> >>
> >> Might be the size of the step.  IIRC, the UMS code switched between 16
> >> and 4 lanes, while the KMS code switches between 16 and however many
> >> lanes are specified in the power low mode (usually 1).
> >
> > Ok, that's easy to test.  I will mangle the drm driver in 3.0 to a
> > minimum of 4 lanes and test it.
> >
> > I notice the relevant code (in 3.0.36) says "FIXME: wait for idle".
> > Can't that be it?
> 
> That comment should be removed.  The radeon PM core code already takes
> the engine locks and makes sure the GPU is idle before changing the
> power state.

Ok.  The trivial patch (map all lanes from 1 to 4 to 4 in
rv370_set_pcie_lanes) just hung the box.  I will have to look more at the
code, I probably have to fix it in the pm array itself.

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