Re: Opps on boot 2.6.0-pre9-mm4

From: Lawrence Walton
Date: Fri Nov 21 2003 - 12:10:57 EST


Adam Belay [ambx1@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 04:06:01PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Lawrence Walton <lawrence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Looks like it died inside the machine's BIOS.
> > > >
> > > > Please try reverting the three pnp patches:
> > > >
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test9/2.6.0-test9-mm4/broken-out/pnp-fix-3.patch
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test9/2.6.0-test9-mm4/broken-out/pnp-fix-2.patch
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test9/2.6.0-test9-mm4/broken-out/pnp-fix-1.patch
> > > >
> > > > and let us know?
> > > >
> > > I reverted these and it works great!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > - Upgrade the bios
> > > The bios is the latest so updating it would not of been a option.
> > >
> >
> > OK, thanks. Adam, those pnp patches are suspect...
>
> Hmm, well it couldn't be patch 3 because it relates to isapnp. Patch
> 1 is the only patch that changes the PnPBIOS calls, and it has been
> known to fix problems for some systems. Also it does what the actual
> specifications recommend. You may just have a buggy system that's
> triggered by the static resource calls. If so, we could use dynamic
> instead resources when the DMI scan matches with this system. Patch
> 2 provides an option to disable the PnPBIOS proc interface, but it
> should not affect PnPBIOS calls.
>
> Lawrence, could you please test this again, only this time excluding
> patch 1 and no others. If that doesn't work try excluding patch 2.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
> P.S.

Adam this worked great too.
My guess is that this board is a little different.
It's a Asus A7V333 with fireiwire and the raid.


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