Re: [PATCH] Work around asus_acpi driver oopses on Samsung P30s and the like due to the ACPI implicit return

[Alex Riesen]

On 2/20/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alex Riesen <fork0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > FWIW, I need the patch below to stop ACPI freezing at boot on Asus S1300N.
> > There is a BIOS update from Asus, but no mention of any fixes in ACPI,
> > so as I have no means to backup the BIOS in case something goes wrong
> > I didn't do the update.
>
> I think it'd be worth trying the update anyway please.  Normally those
> updating programs are pretty careful to not give you a dead box.

You think? ... Still, it'll have to wait till the next weekend. I really
cannot afford a "dead box" midweek.

> > I found out (by putting printks in the initialization code) that a
> > call to INI (whatever it is) of VGA_ (whatever this is) immediately
> > freezes the notebook and the fan goes on shortly afterwards.
> >
>
> Is this a recent problem, or did earlier 2.6.x kernels also fail?

Yes. I think I got the notebook around 2.6.9, and it already had the problem.
I don't remember what I did back than, probably run it with ACPI disabled,
or maybe I made that workaround immediately (there were some sound
problems without ACPI, I recall).
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