Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:11:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:11:12 -0500 Received: from harpo.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.34]:58544 "EHLO harpo.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:11:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:11:38 +0100 (MET) From: Mikael Pettersson Message-Id: <200110312011.VAA28277@harpo.it.uu.se> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Local APIC option (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC) locks up Inspiron 8100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I wrote: > > Not all BIOS firmware can cope when we switch to UP-APIC. Some laptops > > really don't like it one bit. > >Correct, and the I8x00 is the prime example of that. > >I have a fix, but it involves fairly major surgery: >- Implement bt_ioremap()/bt_iounmap() which work at early boot-time (the > normal ioremap doesn't work yet). >... >The patch is still _very_ rough, but it seems to work. Let me know if you want it. The patch is now available at http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patch-2.4.13ac5-init-order-5 /Mikael - 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/