Re: 2.6.5-rc3-mm1

Sid Boyce
2004-03-31T22:47:38Z

Andi Kleen wrote:

>Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
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>>Before the messages above ---
>>********* Please consider a BIOS update.
>>********* Disabling USB legacy in the BIOS may also help.
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>You should really update your BIOS. With this BIOS bug you can
>get basically random crashes on 64bit systems. The kernel tries
>to work around them in the idle loop, but they can happen elsewhere
>too.
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>-Andi
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I've checked the Acer site and there's no mention of a BIOS for the
1501LCe in the upgrades section. I guess their Phoenix 4.0 Release 6.0
is the only one to date.
Regards
Sid.

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