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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:07:19 +0200
From: Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr>
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To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux 2.6-pre-mm2 Fix crash on boot on ASUS L3800C if
 enabing APIC => add this machine to DMI black list
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Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> While I don't dispute your machine has some problem, please
> do the following first before we completely blacklist it:
> - ensure you have the latest BIOS (ftp.asuscom.de has the ones for
>   their desktop mainboards, presumably the laptop BIOSen are also there)

Have the latest BIOS from 3 June...

> - in what way is ACPI mandatory? does it fail to boot, or does it
>   just lose some specific feature? If you just want suspend support,
>   try APM if the machine has it

Many ACPI managed buttons, Fans, ...

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