On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:26:03PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > It'd be a very special BIOS bug if it can reach out and make the kernel > oops. Lid actions typically trigger SMI code, so it's entirely capable of destroying CPU state in such a way that the kernel falls over (and probably even in ways that cause the kernel to turn green, emit pleasing warbling noises or invade neighbouring pieces of hardware). In this case it seems to be SMP specific - the system's entirely stable in UP mode. It's greatly vexing. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
