From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: v1k1ng0-s8PdfxpoPdHk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org Subject: Dell Inspiron 8200 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 04:53:24 -0600 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hello, I've compiled the 2.4.21 kernel version recently and I do a "dmesg" and it shows: Dell Inspiron with broken BIOS detected. Refusing to enable the local APIC. Someone knows about this? May I disable the local APIC in the kernel? I don't have any acpi patch at the moment. If someone has experience with ACPI + Dell Inspiron 8200, I would like to listen any comment about that. Cheers... ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php