From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: dmidecode - Apple MacPro Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:26:16 -0500 Message-ID: <200801201426.16441.lenb@kernel.org> References: <200708291349.46987.rene@exactcode.de> <200801182236.40494.lenb@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:59735 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754716AbYATT0l convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:26:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ren=E9_Rebe?= Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 19 January 2008 05:16, Ren=E9 Rebe wrote: > Hi Len, >=20 > now that was some time between the mails :-) >=20 > Unfortunately the 8-core box is sort of running in production > and I can not randomly boot kernels. >=20 > Passing acpi_os=3Dwhatever did not really changed anything > back in the days when I tried that. Actually the box is running > quite fine (normal server load, no suspend or so) though currently > an older 2.6.18+openvz kernel as that was the only openvz patch- > set that was stable, all the other openvz patchsets locked up sooner > than later ... >=20 > If you are still interested in the acpidump I can hunting for it. Yes, I'm still interseted in the acpidump. While I hear a lot from folks running Linux on Apple laptops, I hear less from folks running Linux on Apple servers -- so I don't have this acpidump yet. Hopefully the acpidump will tell all, and we'll have no need for testin= g. thanks, -Len >=20 > On 19.01.2008, at 04:36, Len Brown wrote: >=20 > > On Wednesday 29 August 2007 07:49, Ren=E9 Rebe wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I just post because my dmesg says so: > >> > >> ACPI: System BIOS is requesting _OSI(Linux) > >> ACPI: Please test with "acpi_osi=3D!Linux" > >> Please send dmidecode to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org > >> > >> Handle 0x003A, DMI type 0, 24 bytes > >> BIOS Information > >> Vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. > >> Version: MP21.88Z.007F.B02.0703191612 > >> Release Date: 03/19/07 > >> > >> Handle 0x003B, DMI type 1, 27 bytes > >> System Information > >> Manufacturer: Apple Computer, Inc. > >> Product Name: MacPro2,1 > >> Version: 1.0 > >> > >> ... > >> > >> If you need more let me know. I mostly looked thru the dmesg > >> because the box shuts down sometimes, randomly. Maybe too hot? > >> But I still investigate. > >> > >> However, the box (2 Quad-Core CPUs) even awakes from echo mem > > >> /sys/power/state (without graphic though, maybe s2ram posting woul= d =20 > >> fix > >> that - but I do not really care about the graphic as it is indende= d =20 > >> to be used > >> as server anyway). > > > > Thanks for the dmidecode output. > > > > Do you notice any functional difference when booting with > > > > "acpi_osi=3DLinux" (default for 2.6.22 and earlier) > > vs. > > "acpi_osi=3D!Linux" (default for 2.6.23 and later) > > > > Also, please send me the output from acpidump. > > > > thanks, > > -Len > > > > ps > > If you don't have acpidump, you can get it from pmtools here: > > http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php >=20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html