Bug#258061: ACPI initialization hangs on Compaq Presario 2100

[Bruno Diniz <bruno.diniz@gmail.com>]

Is there a problem with the idea of "turn off APIC timer before ACPI
initialization and then turn back on after ACPI initialization
finishes"? This is exactly what the tiny patch I've sent does. I would
agree that 'nolapic' boot param "solves" the problem, but IMHO the
idea above is clearer and works perfectly.

Thanks,

Bruno.

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:52:35 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine
<frankie@debian.org> wrote:
> Ok I verified that:
> 
> * This issue is yet valid for current 2.6.8 with acpi=on
> * It's valid for 2.4 series up to 2.4.27 with acpi=on
> * Patch proposed in 2.6.8 does not solve the issue, so it can be removed.
> 
> The only workaround in all cases is the 'nolapic' boot param.
> 
> --
> Francesco P. Lovergine
> 
> 


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