From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karol Kozimor Subject: Re: [ACPI] Linux 2.6-pre1 Does not boot on ASUS L3800C: lock up in acpi while "Executing all Devices _STA and_INIT methods" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:40:48 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030714164048.GA15445@hell.org.pl> References: <3F12AF06.6080004@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F12AF06.6080004-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> To: Eric Valette Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Thus wrote Eric Valette: > I happily run 2.4.21-pre5 with ACPI enabled and everything works just > fine. I tried today 2.6-pre1 with exactly the same hardware > configuration as the 2.4 one and the laptop does not boot. It hangs > while dispaying : "Executing all Devices _STA and_INIT methods" > allthough it has already printed several '.' I reported the same on ACPI devel several (18?) hours ago. For now, the solution is to compile a kernel without APIC support. No, the noapic option doesn't help. The problem appeared in 2.5.74, along with changes in handling a BIOS-disabled APIC, or so I suppose. Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org