From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Klaus Muth Subject: Re: ACPI: RSDP - ERROR: Invalid checksum Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:24:58 +0200 Message-ID: <200506280925.00165.muth@hagos.de> References: <200506071546.57120.muth@hagos.de> <200506081529.49355.muth@hagos.de> <200506091113.14327.muth@hagos.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200506091113.14327.muth-5lHx5lHeYlQ@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Am Donnerstag, 9. Juni 2005 11:13 schrieb Klaus Muth: > It seems to happen, that the IBM BIOS contains just the string "RSD PTR " > exactly at a 16-Byte-Boundary before the real RSDP block, so the wrnog > address is returned and acpi_table_init() in drivers/acpi/tables.c fails to > checksum this block of course. [... 2.4 kernel finding the real RSDP ...] > Is there any patch to do the same with a vanilla 2.6 Kernel? Ahem. Did I hit a FAQ? If so: I could not find the answer. Could just someone be so kind to point me in the right direction? TIA -- Klaus Muth HAGOS eG Industriestr. 62 fon: (+49) 711 78805-86 EDV-Programmierung 70565 Stuttgart fax: (+49) 711 78805-35 http://www.hagos.de Germany mailto:muth-5lHx5lHeYlQ@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click