From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Gunnar R. Bartels" Subject: DELL Precision M2400 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:22:02 +0100 Message-ID: <200812231022.02520.grb@eddh.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cwebert1.c.dnsbox.de ([81.3.62.130]:2799 "EHLO cwebert1.c.dnsbox.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753849AbYLWJhs (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:37:48 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi, Everybody, to be honest - I don't know at all, what this is about. But with my new DELL, I found the following lines in boot.log: <5>ACPI: DMI System Vendor: Dell Inc. <5>ACPI: DMI Product Name: Precision M2400 <5>ACPI: DMI Product Version: <5>ACPI: DMI Board Name: 0HT029 <5>ACPI: DMI BIOS Vendor: Dell Inc. <5>ACPI: DMI BIOS Date: 09/01/2008 <5>ACPI: Please send DMI info above to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org <5>ACPI: If "acpi_osi=Linux" works better, please notify linux- acpi@vger.kernel.org ... and being a good guy, I do as is advised... :=)) The "acpi_osi=Linux" setting works better, as it makes the following error disappear: <4>mtrr: your CPUs had inconsistent fixed MTRR settings <6>mtrr: probably your BIOS does not setup all CPUs. <6>mtrr: corrected configuration. Nevertheless, the machine has (obviously) been properly working without the Parameter. My Linux is a SuSE 11.1 with vanilla Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default. Have a merry christmas and a happy new year!! Greetings from beautiful Austria Gunnar R. Bartels