Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965130AbXAYM27 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:28:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965152AbXAYM26 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:28:58 -0500 Received: from kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz ([147.32.6.11]:39184 "EHLO kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965130AbXAYM26 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:28:58 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:28:56 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Drab To: Oleg Verych cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Intel PCI-E bridge ACPI resources and possibly related SATA unstability problems on ASUS A8Js In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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: 1228 Lines: 32 On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: > gmane.linux.kernel: > > recently I got my hands on an ASUS A8Js notebook (Core 2 Duo T7200, > > Intel 945 PM PCI-E Chipset, for details see attached log). After booting > > the latest 2.6.20-rc5-git3 kernel (but the same behaviour occurs also with > > the 2.6.19.2, didn't try any other), some strange behaviour can be > > observed. > > There were disscussions about mmconfig and what nightmare it brought to > PCI(E) configuration in scope of BIOS, chip bugs. Here's (one of) such: > > > > At first the following messages appear in the log: > > > > ... > > [ 40.303154] PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820-reserved > > [ 40.303157] PCI: Not using MMCONFIG. > > > > (not sure whether this is really a problem) > > I think it may be the major problem. Hmm, it may be. Was there suggested any solution (or at least proposal) that I may try? Martin - 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/