Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:48:08 +1000 | | From | Nick Piggin <> | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc4 - pls test (and no more patches) |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Nick Piggin wrote: > >>ACPI still explodes on my old PII and stops it booting. (I've reported it >>to Len a few times but he seems to be ignoring me). > > > I suspect the "CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR" might be the solution they came > up with. Old ACPI stuff tends to be broken. >
True. I am using acpi=force afterall.
> That said, your patch is small and simple, so.. >
OK you've merged it... well thanks. I guess considering I'm the only one seeing this, it isn't going to impact anyone but me. Probably avoiding an oops is a good thing even if it is due to broken hardware. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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