So...This patched kernel is working great. Here are my concerns moving forward: 1) We need more people to test it and report back. 2) We need to push for this fix to be incorporated into the kernel that ships with Ubuntu/Xubuntu 12.04 (an LTS release)! 3) I suspect that this patched kernel does not contain the aspm power fix that was released several weeks ago. This fix combined with that one would be very useful. 4) After this new fix is well-tested and confirmed to work well on all Sandy Bridge systems, RC6 should definitely be enabled by default. This is huge.
So...This patched kernel is working great. Here are my concerns moving forward: 1) We need more people to test it and report back. 2) We need to push for this fix to be incorporated into the kernel that ships with Ubuntu/Xubuntu 12.04 (an LTS release)! 3) I suspect that this patched kernel does not contain the aspm power fix that was released several weeks ago. This fix combined with that one would be very useful. 4) After this new fix is well-tested and confirmed to work well on all Sandy Bridge systems, RC6 should definitely be enabled by default. This is huge.