Re: Patch needed for ASUS EEEPC 701 2.6.27 (perhaps a regession)

Pavel Machek
2008-10-13T20:39:59Z

On Sat 2008-10-11 15:50:21, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> Robert Goldner wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a happy user of an asus eeepc 701 with an self-made kernel 2.6.27.
> > Its working quite good, but there is one patch needed to avoid problems
> > related to ACPI and Hotkeys.
> > After using a few hotkeys there comes a message in syslog like:
> > ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE
> > and no hotkey event is recognized any more. This is quite bad on a nettop.
>
> Hi, I reported the original bug. It is a regression, though the issue
> has been present for a few kernel versions now.
>
> I recommend that you avoid reproducing the problem. I now have to add
> "noapic" to the boot options on my EeePC, otherwise it randomly hangs /
> reboots when I press hotkeys - I think it damaged the hardware.

I guess your hw went bad for some other reason. Restore original
system and if it is still broken, RMA?

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