Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262052AbTKCQjw (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:39:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262101AbTKCQjw (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:39:52 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:21134 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262052AbTKCQjv (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:39:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:37:30 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Gary Wolfe cc: Kernel Mailing List , Adam Belay Subject: Re: [crash/panic] Linux-2.6.0-test9 In-Reply-To: <3FA5FFF7.2020006@cableone.net> Message-ID: 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: 971 Lines: 26 On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Gary Wolfe wrote: > > Tried test8 and, now, test9 and both exhibit same problem. > > The issue seems to be related to the PnPBIOS support under the Plug and > Play Kconfig category. When enabled I get a crash of the form: Yes. The crash happens inside the BIOS itself, and the kernel doesn't really have any control over it. The most Adam could possibly do is to avoid calling the BIOS (or at least avoid _certain_ calls), but that would require knowing what it is that triggers it. Has PnP support ever worked for you on this board? Sometimes the solution is to just say "it's dead, Jim", and just not enable it. There are few enough systems that actually want PnP. Adam, any ideas? Linus - 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/