Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 141097
Plugging an USB storage device turns up CPU fan
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:13:13 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040922 Description of problem: I have enabled powernow_k8 (Cool'n'Quiet) on my AMD64 system. The CPU fan has a low RPM and is quiet, as I expect it. Now, as soon as I plug in an USB storage device (here it is a mobile USB harddisk), the CPU fan starts turning up to max speed, as if the system has a high load. Anyhow "top" shows that the system is idle. The CPU fan will stay at max speed, even after the USB storage device has been disconnected again. I have to reboot the system in order to have a functional powernow_k8 again. I stated the severity as Low since except of the CPU fan, the system behaves normally -- there is no crash or data loss, not does it seem to be slower. Anyhow it is very annoying since the CPU fan makes quite some noise. It's an FC3/x86_64 installation with all current updates applied. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable powernow_k8 module, wait until CPU fan slows down 2. Plug in an USB storage device (e.g. an USB harddisk) Actual Results: The CPU fan turns up to max speed. This speed is kept until system is restarted. Expected Results: The CPU fan might turn up for a short time (if at all) after the USB device has been plugged in, but it should slow down again. Additional info: I suspected the haldaemon first. But a "service haldaemon stop" before plugging in the USB device didn't change the behaviour. I assume the bug is somewhere in the usb-storage module, the powernow_k8 module or the kernel itself, since "top" is showing an idle system. Sorry if I am wrong.
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