From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262658AbUKEMBd (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:01:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262659AbUKEMBd (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:01:33 -0500 Received: from 41.150.104.212.access.eclipse.net.uk ([212.104.150.41]:11396 "EHLO ladymac.shadowen.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262658AbUKEMB2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:01:28 -0500 To: akpm@osdl.org Subject: [PATCH] fix pnpbios fault message Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: From: Andy Whitcroft Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 12:01:26 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 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"); }