From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:46:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:45:52 -0400 Received: from smtp.alcove.fr ([212.155.209.139]:17683 "EHLO smtp.alcove.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:45:46 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:46:11 +0200 From: Stelian Pop To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: PnP BIOS + 2.4.9-ac16 = no boot Message-ID: <20010928124611.H21524@come.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, When booting a 2.4.9-ac16 kernel on my Sony Vaio C1VE laptop the boot process hangs with something like: PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f8120 PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry ay f0000:b25f, dseg at 400 general protection fault: 0000 ... Code: Bad EIP value Adding nobiospnp to the kernel boot line solves the problem. The last -ac kernel I tried (2.4.9-ac10) does not need exhibit this problem. Since this machine's BIOS is crap anyway (almost entirely ACPI - APM suspend doesn't work etc), is it worth investigating this issue or should I blame the BIOS structures once again ? Thanks, Stelian. -- Stelian Pop |---------------- Free Software Engineer -----------------| | Alcôve - http://www.alcove.com - Tel: +33 1 49 22 68 00 | |------------- Alcôve, liberating software ---------------|