Messages in this thread | | | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Date | Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:01:19 +0100 | Subject | Re: local APIC may cause XFree86 hang |
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Alan Cox writes: > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 22:29, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > Does XFree86 (its core or particular drivers) use vm86() to > > invoke, possibly graphics card specific, BIOS code? > > That would explain the hangs I got. The fix would be to > > disable the local APIC around vm86()'s BIOS calls, just like > > we now disable it before APM suspend. > > It does yes
Ok. I'll start working on a patch to vm86() tomorrow.
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