Re: PROBLEM: ACPI freezes 2.6.1 on boot

From: Georg C. F. Greve
Date: Wed Jan 21 2004 - 16:16:32 EST


|| On 2004-01-21 18:56:59, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Does it go away if you just make "acpi_pic_set_level_irq()" do
> nothing (ie just remove the "outb()" call
>
> arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c line 273
>
> or just make the if-statement be always false).

> It's entirely possible that the SCI is just horribly broken, and
> can't be level-triggered.

Just tried removing the outb() call both from plain vanilla 2.6.1 and
one with the latest ACPI patch. No change. The system freezes with the
same message at the same point during bootup.

Any other ideas?

Regards,
Georg

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