Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:34:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:33:56 -0400 Received: from cs.columbia.edu ([128.59.16.20]:50338 "EHLO cs.columbia.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:33:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:34:10 -0400 Message-Id: <200110032134.f93LYAd08956@buggy.badula.org> From: Ion Badulescu To: jdthood@home.dhs.org (Thomas Hood) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Stelian Pop In-Reply-To: <20011003153550.0A0D85AC@thanatos.toad.net> User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.8-ac9 (i586)) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Hood wrote: > I notice that both the Vaio and the Inspiron have Phoenix BIOSes. > So perhaps there is a class of Phoenix BIOSes we should be testing > for. For the time being, we will need to add Ion Badulescu's Inspiron > to the dmi_blacklist. Ion, can you give us the exact product name, > exact BIOS vendor name, exact BIOS version and exact BIOS date? > Also, let us know all the results of your tests of various kernels. dmidecode says: Handle 0x0000 DMI type 0, 20 bytes. BIOS Information Block Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: A12 Release: 07/04/2000 BIOS base: 0xEA3D0 ROM size: 192K Capabilities: Flags: 0x0000000000001F90 Handle 0x0001 DMI type 1, 25 bytes. System Information Block Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation Product: Inspiron 7500 Version: Revision B0 Serial Number: 123456789 and from another laptop exhibiting the same problem: Handle 0x0000 DMI type 0, 20 bytes. BIOS Information Block Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: A06 Release: 05/19/2000 BIOS base: 0xEA380 ROM size: 192K Capabilities: Flags: 0x0000000000001F90 Handle 0x0001 DMI type 1, 25 bytes. System Information Block Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation Product: Inspiron 5000 Version: Revision B0 Serial Number: 123456789 Again: both laptops oops with 2.4.9-ac16 when PnPBIOS is enabled, both work fine with 2.4.10-ac4 even with PnPBIOS enabled. Ion -- It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. - 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/