Bug#258061: ACPI initialization hangs on Compaq Presario 2100
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:00:50PM -0300, Bruno Diniz wrote:
> 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.
>
The idea is clear, but that patch does not work on the 2100 I tried.
It was already implemented in current 2.6.8 AFAIK and it has exactly
the same problem of hang up.
> 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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Francesco P. Lovergine
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