Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269578AbTGUJ7s (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 05:59:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269583AbTGUJ7s (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 05:59:48 -0400 Received: from mta6-svc.business.ntl.com ([62.253.164.46]:62600 "EHLO mta6-svc.business.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269578AbTGUJ7r (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 05:59:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:16:20 +0100 (BST) From: William Gallafent X-X-Sender: williamg@officebedroom.oldvicarage To: Roger Luethi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: APIC support prevents power off In-Reply-To: <20030721095414.GA3865@k3.hellgate.ch> Message-ID: References: <200307210113.h6L1DqiY018985@harpo.it.uu.se> <20030721095414.GA3865@k3.hellgate.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 819 Lines: 22 > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:13:52 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > - ensure you have the latest BIOS On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Roger Luethi wrote: > I tend not to touch the BIOS unless I have reason to believe an update will > fix an actual problem. FWIW, Updating the BIOS on my Tyan Tiger MP did sort out some (I *think* APIC related) problems I had with a PCI ethernet card under 2.4.18. I agree with your `if it ain't broke don't fix it' approach in general, but in this case updating the BIOS fixed for me a problem that I had not attributed to it! -- Bill Gallafent. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/