From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:34:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:34:36 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:14355 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:34:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:44:49 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Ducrot Bruno Cc: Robert , kernel list , ACPI mailing list , Robert Woerle Subject: Re: [ACPI] PaceBlade broken acpi/memory map Message-ID: <20030225174449.GD12028@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20030220172144.GA15016@elf.ucw.cz> <20030224164209.GD13404@poup.poupinou.org> <20030224183955.GC517@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20030225143505.GH13404@poup.poupinou.org> <3E5B835E.7050601@symplon.com> <20030225151341.GI13404@poup.poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030225151341.GI13404@poup.poupinou.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > >>>>I have PaceBlade here, and its memory map is wrong, which leads to > > >>>>ACPI refusing to load. [It does not mention "ACPI data" in the memory > > >>>>map at all!] > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>I have made those patches to workaround that. I have no time > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Yes, I have seen those... I also made a patch that enables you to do > > >>that workaround from mem= options at kernel command line. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I doubt you received the latest one, since I have not make it public > > >unless this day. > > > > > > > > i did sent it to him since he recieved our machine from Suse Nuernberg > > > > Ah, OK. Wasn't aware of that. But why then making a mem= opitons in > that case. I have take care to *not* use any mem= at all because that > can make things worse. I've received it after I made my patch, and I think that more machine with broken tables will be created in future... Pavel -- Horseback riding is like software... ...vgf orggre jura vgf serr.