Brown, Len wrote: > What machine is this for? The patch does not say. > > What steps were taken to show that this is not > an ACPI bug in Linux that would be masked if we > applied this patch? We don't have a record of that info. Matthew from Ubuntu wrote: Yeah, this was a quick workaround. I think we'd probably be better off figuring out /why/ the system was freezing, but, well. and Andrew asked about the machine specifics, but we haven't received any more info. Best just to drop it IMO. Thanks, ~Randy > thanks, > -Len > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: akpm@xxxxxxxx [mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:37 PM >> To: Brown, Len >> Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxx; >> randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx; mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [patch 16/18] disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS >> >> >> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS, or the system will freeze. >> >> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-d >> apper.git;a=commitdiff;h=8ae54aeedb4b33a74ba5d811abef07d83f1838f4 >> >> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> >> --- >> >> arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 10 +++++++++- >> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff -puN >> arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c~disable-acpi-on-some-phoenix-bios >> arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c >> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c~disable-acpi-on-some-phoenix-bios >> +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c >> @@ -991,7 +991,15 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata a >> DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "2629H1G"), >> }, >> }, >> - >> + { >> + .callback = dmi_disable_acpi, >> + .ident = "Phoenix Technologies", >> + .matches = { >> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR,"Phoenix >> Technologies, LTD"), >> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "6.00 PG"), >> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "11/05/2003"), >> + }, >> + }, >> /* >> * Boxes that need acpi=ht >> */ >> _ >> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
