From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Mackall Subject: Re: 2.6.21-mm2: ACPI exception on resume Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:45:15 -0500 Message-ID: <20070522224515.GW11115@waste.org> References: <20070519165738.GK11115@waste.org> <20070519204504.GA24704@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070519223843.GN11115@waste.org> <20070520035259.GA13224@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070521222339.GF11115@waste.org> <20070521230349.GA645@khazad-dum.debian.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:42396 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755675AbXEVWqY (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2007 18:46:24 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070521230349.GA645@khazad-dum.debian.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:03:49PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2007, Matt Mackall wrote: > > BIOS Information > > Vendor: IBM > > Version: 1RETDHWW (3.13 ) > > Release Date: 10/29/2004 > > > > No sign of any EC version in the output. > > This is a buggy, ancient version of the BIOS, which probably means you have > an old and slightly buggy EC firmware. I recommend you to upgrade to BIOS > 3.21 and EC 3.04. See http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade for more > details. Really, I'd much prefer my kernel not regress instead. Updating firmware is just introducing more potential instability and ignoring the problem. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.