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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:51:03 +0200
From: Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl>
To: James D Strandboge <jstrand1@rochester.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: BIOS or kernel APM bug?
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On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:31:02PM -0400, James D Strandboge wrote:
> I recently purchased a usb webcam and found that polling /proc/apm
> causes the webcam in xawtv to skip.  I can so this either by doing 'cat
> /proc/apm' or using the gnome battstat-applet.  Disabling the
> battstat-applet and not touching /proc/apm lets xawtv work fine.
>=20
> Polling /proc/apm also causes clock drift.
>=20
> I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop (1.6Ghz Pentium 4).  Using kernel
> 2.4.18 with rmap12h and preempt-kernel patch.

BIOS bug. Reading /proc/apm causes the APM BIOS to switch the CPU to
SMM mode with interrupts disabled so it can slowly poll the battery
about it's status. Result: lost interrupts, dropped frames, dropped
serial characters, clock slowdown. Workaround: don't use a battery
monitor, or don't let it poll every two seconds.


Erik

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J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw
Email: J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl
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