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 10:03:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:03:16 -0400 Received: from smtp.alcove.fr ([212.155.209.139]:31249 "EHLO smtp.alcove.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:02:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:02:52 +0200 From: Stelian Pop To: Thomas Hood Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PnP BIOS + 2.4.9-ac16 = no boot Message-ID: <20010928160250.K21524@come.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop In-Reply-To: <3BB47F7F.DE2FD301@mail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3BB47F7F.DE2FD301@mail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 09:47:43AM -0400, Thomas Hood wrote: [ Some detailed PnP BIOS driver explication snipped] > I attach a revised patch which cuts out proc support. Hopefully > this will allow your kernel to boot. This is just a hack; I'll > submit a proper fix to Alan later. I confirm that the revised patch makes a bootable kernel for me. > Stelian: Your report made me go back and look at something Alan > told me earlier about Vaio laptops. At the time I didn't fully > understand what he meant when he said: > > If you query the current device status on a Vaio and some other boxes > > using the 32bit API your computer dies horribly shortly afterwards. > I didn't realize that he meant the "current" configuration as > opposed to the "boot" configuration. Stupid of me. [...] > - pnp_proc_init(); > + // pnp_proc_init(); What about making a conditional on 'is_sony_vaio_laptop' here ? (but you need to extends the conditionnal export of this variable from dmi_scan.c / i386_ksyms.c). Stelian. -- Stelian Pop |---------------- Free Software Engineer -----------------| | Alcôve - http://www.alcove.com - Tel: +33 1 49 22 68 00 | |------------- Alcôve, liberating software ---------------|