2001-10-02 22:11:49

by Ion Badulescu

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Subject: Re: PnP BIOS + 2.4.9-ac16 = no boot

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:02:52 +0200, Stelian Pop <[email protected]> wrote:

> What about making a conditional on 'is_sony_vaio_laptop' here ?
> (but you need to extends the conditionnal export of this variable
> from dmi_scan.c / i386_ksyms.c).

Well, the funny thing is, the same kernel doesn't boot on a Dell Inspiron
laptop either, if PNP is enabled -- and the oops is the same. So it's not
just Sony...

2.4.9-ac10 has no such issues on the same laptop, btw.

Ion

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