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From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:01:19 +0100
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: local APIC may cause XFree86 hang
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Alan Cox writes:
 > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 22:29, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
 > > Does XFree86 (its core or particular drivers) use vm86() to
 > > invoke, possibly graphics card specific, BIOS code?
 > > That would explain the hangs I got. The fix would be to
 > > disable the local APIC around vm86()'s BIOS calls, just like
 > > we now disable it before APM suspend.
 > 
 > It does yes

Ok. I'll start working on a patch to vm86() tomorrow.

/Mikael
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