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From: Joan Bertran <jbertran@cirsa.com>
To: "'Jon Burgess'" <Jon_Burgess@eur.3com.com>
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Subject: RE: Booting AMD Elan520 without BIOS
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 16:49:35 +0100
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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Jon Burgess [mailto:Jon_Burgess@eur.3com.com]
> Enviado el: viernes 24 de noviembre de 2000 16:40
> Para: joan_bertran%DESAR@cirsa.com
> Cc: 'rminnich@lanl.gov'; 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'
> Asunto: Re: Booting AMD Elan520 without BIOS
> 
> 
> 
> I've seen this on a board with a BIOS problem. I think it is 
> caused because 
> the
> Kernel is in a loop waiting for a timer interrupt to occur. If the 
> interrupt
> never arrives it loops forever.
> 
>      Jon
> 
> 
 I think so, because I've read somewhere the kernel needs interrupts 
configured, but as kernel configures i8259 I don't know what is necessary,
the IDT with interrupt service routines ?, sommething special about the chipset ?

			Joan Bertran.


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