[Intel-gfx] Root-causing kswapd spinning on Sandy Bridge laptops?

[Andrew Lutomirski]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor.org> wrote:
> Andrew Lutomirski <luto at mit.edu> writes:
>
> [Putting the Intel graphics driver developers in cc.]

My Sandy Bridge laptop is to blame, the graphics aren't the culprit.  It's this:

  BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000000100600000 (usable)

The kernel can't handle the tiny bit of memory above 4G.  Mel's
patches work so far.

--Andy