* [PATCH] fix pnpbios fault message
@ 2004-11-05 12:01 Andy Whitcroft
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From: Andy Whitcroft @ 2004-11-05 12:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: akpm; +Cc: linux-kernel
When your plug-n-play BIOS is truly broken and generates a fault
during use, we report this and suggest disabling it. The message
produced suggests using "nobiospnp" to achive this, the correct
option is "pnpbios=off". This patch upates the message.
Revision: $Rev: 741 $
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
diffstat 500-fix-pnpbios-fault-message
---
diff -X /home/apw/brief/lib/vdiff.excl -rupN reference/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/bioscalls.c current/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/bioscalls.c
--- reference/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/bioscalls.c
+++ current/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/bioscalls.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static inline u16 call_pnp_bios(u16 func
if(pnp_bios_is_utter_crap)
{
printk(KERN_ERR "PnPBIOS: Warning! Your PnP BIOS caused a fatal error. Attempting to continue\n");
- printk(KERN_ERR "PnPBIOS: You may need to reboot with the \"nobiospnp\" option to operate stably\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "PnPBIOS: You may need to reboot with the \"pnpbios=off\" option to operate stably\n");
printk(KERN_ERR "PnPBIOS: Check with your vendor for an updated BIOS\n");
}
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