From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Valette Subject: Re: Re: Linux 2.6-pre1 Does not boot on ASUS L3800C: lock up in acpi while "Executing all Devices _STA and_INIT methods" Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:09:06 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <3F151632.9090303@free.fr> References: <3F146770.8020603@free.fr> <20030715212054.GA10046@hell.org.pl> <1058345036.8960.82.camel@idoru.kc.de> Reply-To: eric.valette-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1058345036.8960.82.camel-65LrUGLyukAb1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Nils Faerber Cc: Karol Kozimor , "Grover, Andrew" , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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... -- __ / ` Eric Valette /-- __ o _. 6 rue Paul Le Flem (___, / (_(_(__ 35740 Pace Tel: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 E-mail: eric.valette-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0