Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18: apm initialised before dmi_scan? | Date | Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:48:51 +1100 |
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:47:02 +1100 (EST), Neale Banks <neale@lowendale.com.au> wrote: >Looking more closely at a 2.2.18 bootup tonight I see that apm stuff >appears in dmesg before dmi_scan does (I added "#define DUMP_DMI" in >dmi_scan.c). > >If this implies that apm is initialised *before* the dmi_scan then there >is potentially a problem with buggy BIOSen that oops instead of reporting >power status
This should fix the link order, at the (small) expense of compiling dmi_scan for exported symbols, even though it does not really export symbols. Against 2.2.18.
Index: 18.1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile --- 18.1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:48:07 +1100 kaos (linux-2.2/E/b/40_Makefile 1.1.4.4 644) +++ 18.2(w)/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:47:17 +1100 kaos (linux-2.2/E/b/40_Makefile 1.1.4.4 644) @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ all: kernel.o head.o init_task.o O_TARGET := kernel.o O_OBJS := process.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o vm86.o \ ptrace.o ioport.o ldt.o setup.o time.o sys_i386.o \ - bluesmoke.o dmi_scan.o -OX_OBJS := i386_ksyms.o + bluesmoke.o +OX_OBJS := i386_ksyms.o dmi_scan.o MX_OBJS := ifdef CONFIG_PCI - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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