Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261317AbVELCs4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 22:48:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261212AbVELCs4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 22:48:56 -0400 Received: from fmr17.intel.com ([134.134.136.16]:9872 "EHLO orsfmr002.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261317AbVELCsq (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 22:48:46 -0400 Subject: Re: acpi=off and acpi_get_firmware_table From: Shaohua Li To: Corey Minyard Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: <42823F15.7090601@acm.org> References: <42823F15.7090601@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 10:54:05 +0800 Message-Id: <1115866445.8814.1.camel@linux-hp.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 808 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 12:21 -0500, Corey Minyard wrote: > In 2.6.12-rc4, I added acpi=off to the kernel command line and it > panic-ed in acpi_get_firmware_table, called from the IPMI driver. > > The attached patch fixes the problem, but it still spits out ugly > "ACPI-0166: *** Error: Invalid address flags 8" errors. So I doubt the > patch is right, but maybe it points to something else. > > Is it legal to call acpi_get_firmware_table if acpi is off? If not, how > can I tell that acpi is off? Please check 'acpi_disabled' variable. Thanks, Shaohua - 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/