Hello, my name is Robert Gomulka. I have written to you before, but from different address (carramba@xxxxxx) for which servers have some problems. This one should be better, I hope. I was playing around with kernel switches to get my kernel doing its best. Started from acpi=off, then noapic irqpoll. Now, during this writing, I am trying "pci=assign-busses". So far it works, so I will keep testing this configuration. However, to my surprise, when I switched from "noapic irqpoll" to "pci=assign-busses" Linux refused to start, demanding acpi_osi=!Linux and asking for sending dmidecode to you. I added the switch and it went fine. So hereby you can find dmidecode output in the attachment. By the way, I have searched internet a lot for some hints what would be the best way to cope with Linux on similar laptops. There were some hints, but in my opinion they shouldn't work. People claim they worked, but they are for different architecture or don't exist. For example: noirqdebug (only ia-32), assign-busses and irq-route (the latter I'm not sure, but both should take form of pci=... not the options alone, however they say that options worked in exactly that way). Best regards, Robert
# dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 20 structures occupying 822 bytes. Table at 0x000F1D30. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Hewlett-Packard Version: F.18 Release Date: 05/31/2007 Address: 0xE6B20 Runtime Size: 103648 bytes ROM Size: 1024 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported Smart battery is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Product Name: Presario F500 (GF596UA#ABA) Version: Rev 1 Serial Number: CNF72342QC UUID: 434E4637-3233-3432-5143-001B244CFD1C Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: GF596UA#ABA Family: 103C_5335KV Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Quanta Product Name: 30D3 Version: 65.37 Serial Number: None Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: Quanta Type: Notebook Lock: Not Present Version: N/A Serial Number: None Asset Tag: Boot-up State: Safe Power Supply State: Safe Thermal State: Safe Security Status: Unknown OEM Information: 0x00000005 Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Socket S1 Type: Central Processor Family: Opteron Manufacturer: AMD ID: 81 0F 06 00 FF FB 8B 17 Signature: Family 15, Model 104, Stepping 1 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) HTT (Hyper-threading technology) Version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Mobile TK53 Voltage: 1.6 V External Clock: 200 MHz Max Speed: 1700 MHz Current Speed: 1700 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: None L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006 L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Serial Number: Not Specified Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: Not Specified Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L1 Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 64 KB Maximum Size: 64 KB Supported SRAM Types: Burst Pipeline Burst Asynchronous Installed SRAM Type: Asynchronous Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Unknown System Type: Unknown Associativity: Unknown Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L2 Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Through Location: Internal Installed Size: 512 KB Maximum Size: 512 KB Supported SRAM Types: Burst Pipeline Burst Synchronous Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Unknown System Type: Unified Associativity: Unknown Handle 0x0007, DMI type 9, 13 bytes System Slot Information Designation: PCI Express Slot 1 Type: 64-bit PCI Express Current Usage: Available Length: Short ID: 0 Characteristics: 5.0 V is provided 3.3 V is provided Handle 0x0008, DMI type 9, 13 bytes System Slot Information Designation: PCI Express Slot 2 Type: 64-bit PCI Express Current Usage: Available Length: Short ID: 0 Characteristics: 5.0 V is provided 3.3 V is provided PME signal is supported Hot-plug devices are supported Handle 0x0009, DMI type 10, 6 bytes On Board Device Information Type: Video Status: Enabled Description: 64 Handle 0x000A, DMI type 11, 5 bytes OEM Strings String 1: $HP$ String 2: LOC# Handle 0x000B, DMI type 15, 29 bytes System Event Log Area Length: 16 bytes Header Start Offset: 0x0000 Header Length: 16 bytes Data Start Offset: 0x0010 Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions Access Address: 0x0000 Status: Valid, Not Full Change Token: 0x000000AE Header Format: Type 1 Supported Log Type Descriptors: 3 Descriptor 1: POST error Data Format 1: POST results bitmap Descriptor 2: Single-bit ECC memory error Data Format 2: Multiple-event Descriptor 3: Multi-bit ECC memory error Data Format 3: Multiple-event Handle 0x000C, DMI type 16, 15 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 2 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 2 Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x000C Error Information Handle: No Error Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: 1 Locator: DIMM 1 Bank Locator: Bank 0,1 Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 200 MHz (5.0 ns) Manufacturer: EC00000000000000 Serial Number: 572065E3 Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: M4 70T6554EZ3-CE6 Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x000C Error Information Handle: No Error Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: 1 Locator: DIMM 2 Bank Locator: Bank 2,3 Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Unknown Speed: 200 MHz (5.0 ns) Manufacturer: EC00000000000000 Serial Number: 57206515 Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: M4 70T6554EZ3-CE6 Handle 0x000F, DMI type 19, 15 bytes Memory Array Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF Range Size: 1 GB Physical Array Handle: 0x000C Partition Width: 0 Handle 0x0010, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF Range Size: 512 MB Physical Device Handle: 0x000D Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000F Partition Row Position: 2 Interleave Position: 2 Interleaved Data Depth: 2 Handle 0x0011, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00020000000 Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF Range Size: 512 MB Physical Device Handle: 0x000E Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000F Partition Row Position: 2 Interleave Position: 2 Interleaved Data Depth: 2 Handle 0x0012, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: <OUT OF SPEC> Handle 0x0013, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table
