From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Ruben Puettmann <ruben@puettmann.net>
Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.22 APM problems with IBM Thinkpad's
Date: 14 Aug 2003 14:47:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1060868835.5971.3.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030814122845.GA2264@puettmann.net>
On Iau, 2003-08-14 at 13:28, Ruben Puettmann wrote:
> > This isnt sufficient because some of the SMM traps off the FN-key
> > sequences also crash thinkpads if APIC is enabled. Basically *dont use
> > local apic* except on SMP.
>
> sorry but why breaks this all under linux? O.K im not a friend if
> windows but on the preinstalled windowsXP it runs all fine.
>
> Is this a problem of manpower or missing spec's?
The system isnt designed to run with APIC enabled it seems. There is no
reason for the BIOS to handle this because its not a normal setup and
given the horrors of SMM BIOS code I suspect they had enough on their
hands anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-14 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-13 12:31 Ruben Puettmann
2003-08-13 13:13 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-13 13:31 ` Ruben Puettmann
2003-08-13 14:24 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-13 14:11 ` Alan Cox
2003-08-13 14:32 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-14 12:28 ` Ruben Puettmann
2003-08-14 13:21 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-14 13:47 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-08-14 17:33 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-14 20:03 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-14 21:40 ` Jamie Lokier
[not found] ` <20030813131043.GA1112@deimos.one.pl>
2003-08-13 13:35 ` Ruben Puettmann
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