On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:03:11 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Does it always crash in the same way? If so, we can put crash-avoidance code at the offending callsite and back out gracefully? -- 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
