Re: 2.2.13 freeze at PCI probing

From: Martin Mares (mj@suse.cz)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 06:29:42 EST

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Hello!

> > Please try booting with "pci=nobios" or "pci=conf1".
>
> That machine just had its next reboot, and pci=nobios seems to do the trick.
> Would you mind explaining why? Is it likely a bug in the BIOS, an error in
> the configuration, or something else?

I'm almost sure it's a bug in the BIOS. Can you try compiling the kernel
with #undef DEBUG changed to #define DEBUG in arch/i386/kernel/pci-pc.c
and sending me the bootup messages displayed without pci=nobios?

Have a nice fortnight

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