On 04/14/2012 12:13 PM, My Usenet wrote:
Typically if you need to do a bios reset - then unplugging the battery will be helpful.
I take it that you didn't bother to read my original post. I was talking about a computer hanging while processing an interrupt with interrupts disabled. Not something that's likely to happen because of a simple page fault or other error, or even at all.[1] Think of it as a black swan: something that's not supposed to exist, but does, once in a great while. Fixing it doesn't require a BIOS reset, just restarting the computer, and under the circumstances, that generally requires[2] pulling the plug.
[1]That's the type of bug that's supposed to be swatted before the BIOS goes into production.
[2]or did back when I was on the phones -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
