From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Local APIC option (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC) locks up Inspiron 8100
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:11:38 +0100 (MET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110312011.VAA28277@harpo.it.uu.se> (raw)
I wrote:
> > Not all BIOS firmware can cope when we switch to UP-APIC. Some laptops
> > really don't like it one bit.
>
>Correct, and the I8x00 is the prime example of that.
>
>I have a fix, but it involves fairly major surgery:
>- Implement bt_ioremap()/bt_iounmap() which work at early boot-time (the
> normal ioremap doesn't work yet).
>...
>The patch is still _very_ rough, but it seems to work. Let me know if you want it.
The patch is now available at
http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patch-2.4.13ac5-init-order-5
/Mikael
next reply other threads:[~2001-10-31 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-31 20:11 Mikael Pettersson [this message]
2001-10-31 21:42 ` andersg
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2001-10-31 22:17 Mikael Pettersson
2001-10-31 22:24 ` andersg
2001-10-31 5:06 Stevie O
2001-10-31 10:44 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-31 11:26 ` Mikael Pettersson
2001-10-31 23:49 ` Stevie O
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