Re: Re: Linux 2.6-pre1 Does not boot on ASUS L3800C: lock up in acpi while "Executing all Devices _STA and_INIT methods"

[Eric Valette <eric.valette-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>]

Nils Faerber wrote:
> Am Die, 2003-07-15 um 23.20 schrieb Karol Kozimor:
> 
>>Thus wrote Eric Valette:
>>
>>>>That's weird. They should have the same version of the ACPI code...
>>>
>>>Thanks for responding. Note I have never seen such messages on 2.4 so...
>>>FYI : I tested today with the latest version 0714 and it doesn't change 
>>> anything... 2.4.22-pre6 + the patch works fine... Someone suggested 
>>>problem with the APIC but its enabled in 2.4...
>>
>>That's how it works for me on the same machine: if APIC and IO-APIC is
>>compiled in, the kernel hangs at the place you mentioned. noapic doesn't
>>help, acpi=off does, as well as not compiling APIC in at all.
>>
>>According to my experience, APIC should not work under 2.4.x and 2.5.x 
>>where x < 74, since it is magically disabled by BIOS and the kernel doesn't
>>know anything about it. Do you have any evidence that APIC works at all 
>>on these kernels?
> 
> 
> Even worse, APIC does not work at all on those machines.
> I tried by bashing the kernel, re-enabling it etc.
> Afterwards you'll get a system that boots sometimes (!) with APIC,
> sometime does not boot at all. You will get the APIC but not IO-APIC
> which is what I was looking for to get more IRQs than 16 (silly me :)
> 
> So not compiling APIC support on those machines is no loss.

So OK, I will back out I/OAPIC but frankly the fact that the kernel lock
is a real problem. Think a minute to all people converting their 2.4 
config like I did...


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