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Subject: Re: ACPI_MAX_THREADS
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Juho Vuori wrote:
> Nate Lawson wrote:
> 
>> Juho Vuori wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Are there any drawbacks on defining ACPI_MAX_THREADS=1 on a casual 
>>> laptop? I've got a system that hangs for a while when it's 
>>> temperature changes over _ACx limits, but limitting ACPI_MAX_THREADS 
>>> to 1 makes the problem almost disappear. This far I haven't noticed 
>>> any problems with the setting, but I'm just trying to figure out the 
>>> possibilities...
>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting.  Can you try setting this at the loader prompt, both with 
>> and without your ACPI_MAX_THREADS=1 change and see if it helps?
>>
>> set hw.acpi.serialize_methods="1"
>>
> 
> No, it does not have a noticeable effect in either case.

Ok.  I'd like to figure out the problem that this change hides but for 
now, I've committed this change and will mfc soon.

-- 
Nate