Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:09:57 +1100
From: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
To: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Possible PnP BIOS GPF Solution for Sony VAIO and other laptops
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On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:37:02PM +0000, Adam Belay wrote:
> The PnP BIOS may be wandering into segement 0x40.  If that is the case,
> this patch should fix the problem.  I do not have a buggy system so I
> cannot test this patch but I'd be intersted to hear the results.  If you
> have a system that has caused pnpbios problems in the past, I recommend
> you try this patch.  If it works, the system will not panic on startup.
> This patch is against 2.5.59 and separate from my other recent patches.

This boots fine here. Then again 2.5.59 booted fine aswell. :) I also
don't get any oopses from reading /proc/bus/pnp stuff as I did before
when I first reported issues. As with the bootup, I also don't get these
issues with 2.5.59. (ie 2.5.59 works fine with or without this patch).

Sorry for not getting back to you earlier btw... I lost almost a
fortnights worth of email and yours was amongst them. :/

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