Bug#259185: Hangs at boot. Most likely because of ACPI settings.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:36:35PM +0200, Magnus Ekdahl wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.7-1-k7
> Version: 2.6.7-2
> Severity: normal
>
> Hangs on a compaq(hp) nx9005 laptop with the last 3 lines beeing:
>
> ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
> spurious 8259A interupt: IRQ7.
> ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger.
>
> According to
> http://www.consultmatt.co.uk/nx9005.php
>
> selecting "Local APIC Support" in the kernel makes this laptop hang on
> boot. I can't find any information under
> /usr/share/doc/kernel-image-2.6.7-1-k7
> that tells me if this is the case, or if it is what can be done about it.
>
> It seems to work better with kernel-image-2.4.26-1-k7.
>
Yep, the 'nolapic' param on boot seems mandatory on some compaq series
like presario 2100 and others with AMD chipset.
It does not impact uniprocessor archs anyway.
Acpi is off by default on all
kernel images, so it's not a problem during installation, but
we should probably document in release notes some hints for those kind
of problems.
That's definitively an upstream problem. The right patch for temporary
disabling local apic during ACPI init has been lost in nowhere land after
2.4.20 AFAIK ...
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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