Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965388AbXAYNty (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:49:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965383AbXAYNtr (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:49:47 -0500 Received: from raven.upol.cz ([158.194.120.4]:48326 "EHLO raven.upol.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965156AbXAYNth (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:49:37 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:58:13 +0000 To: Martin Drab Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Intel PCI-E bridge ACPI resources and possibly related SATA unstability problems on ASUS A8Js Message-ID: <20070125135813.GB9917@flower.upol.cz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Oleg Verych Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1423 Lines: 36 On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:28:56PM +0100, Martin Drab wrote: > 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? Try fix BIOS bugs: > 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/