Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262634AbUCaWri (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:47:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262612AbUCaWri (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:47:38 -0500 Received: from smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.4]:6116 "EHLO smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262634AbUCaWrG (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:47:06 -0500 Message-ID: <406B4A9E.1060308@blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:47:58 +0100 From: Sid Boyce User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.5-rc3-mm1 References: <1Fylv-df-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <1FzAR-1qq-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <1FzAR-1qq-3@gated-at.bofh.it> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Mar 2004 22:47:02.0164 (UTC) FILETIME=[15247D40:01C41772] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 38 Andi Kleen wrote: >Sid Boyce writes: > > > >>Before the messages above --- >>********* Please consider a BIOS update. >>********* Disabling USB legacy in the BIOS may also help. >> >> > >You should really update your BIOS. With this BIOS bug you can >get basically random crashes on 64bit systems. The kernel tries >to work around them in the idle loop, but they can happen elsewhere >too. > >-Andi > > > > > I've checked the Acer site and there's no mention of a BIOS for the 1501LCe in the upgrades section. I guess their Phoenix 4.0 Release 6.0 is the only one to date. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop. - 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/