Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IO-APIC on nforce2 [PATCH] + [PATCH] for nmi_debug=1 + [PATCH] for idle=C1halt, 2.6.5 | From | Len Brown <> | Date | 22 Apr 2004 10:58:18 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 03:26, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > Len Brown wrote:
> > Yes, you need to enable ACPI and IOAPIC. The goal of this patch > > is to address the XT-PIC timer issue in IOAPIC mode. > > Ok, I recompiled using your (former) patch and Ross' apic tack patch. I > attached the new dmidecode Text.
Actually dmidecode dumps hard-coded BIOS data, so it will not change unless you upgrade your BIOS.
> > I've got 1 Abit, 2 Asus, and 1 Shuttle DMI entry. Let me know if the > > product names (1st line of dmidecode entry) are correct, > > these are not from DMI, but are supposed to be human-readable titles. > > Are you referring to (as the first line doesn't say much): > > Product Name: NF7-S/NF7,NF7-V (nVidia-nForce2) > Version: 2.X,1.0
+ { ignore_timer_override, "Abit NF7-S v2", {
This one is for humans and anything can be in the string.
+ MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "http://www.abit.com.tw/"), + MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NF7-S/NF7,NF7-V (nVidia-nForce2)" ), + MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "6.00 PG"), + MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "03/24/2004") }},
These are keys in the DMI table, and have to match the BIOS (as seen in dmidecode) exactly.
> Seems pretty much OK, though I don't understand, why 1.0 is in the > Version string. Durthermore I don't understand, why "Phoenix" appears as > bios vendor. It should be Award, AFAIK.
Phoenix and Award merged. Doesn't really matter what it says, it is just a string compare to linux. Also, I chose not to look at the BIOS vendor in this example b/c it adds no value, here we're just looking at BOARD vendor & name, plus BIOS version and date.
Thanks for confirming that the entry matched your system and that the patch triggered automatically.
-Len
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