> i've a BIOS where the APM functionality is within the 0xE000 and 0xF000
> segment (PhoenixBIOS) and only the 0xE000 will be mapped so 16bit calls
> to the 0xF000 segment let the kernel hang :-( Will this be improved for
> the new versions
> of Linux ?! A solutions for this problem could be to switch back to
I had this problem too. I have a Megabyte motherboard. This patch worked.
It was posted some months ago by somebody I cannot remember his name, sorry.
I do not think it applies to the latest kernels without a bit of hand working.
It fixes the problem.
Ciao
Vincenzo
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