Re: [patch 02/13] ACPI, i686, x86_64: fix laptop bootup hang in init_acpi()

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On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 12:26:22PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> According to a patch sent to LKML a while ago that blacklisted all ThinkPads
> from nmi_watchdog, the ThinkPad SMBIOS does INT 0x10 or something else that
> will cause double or triple-faults if an NMI happens while in SMBIOS mode.

This is hardly unique to Thinkpads - huge arrays of things can trigger 
SMM on pretty much any laptop. It's rarer on desktops, but some servers 
have similar issues.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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