Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: acpi=off and acpi_get_firmware_table | From | Shaohua Li <> | Date | Thu, 12 May 2005 11:07:31 +0800 |
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On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 21:59 -0500, Corey Minyard wrote: > Shaohua Li wrote: > > >On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 12:21 -0500, Corey Minyard wrote: > > > > > >>In 2.6.12-rc4, I added acpi=off to the kernel command line and it > >>panic-ed in acpi_get_firmware_table, called from the IPMI driver. > >> > >>The attached patch fixes the problem, but it still spits out ugly > >>"ACPI-0166: *** Error: Invalid address flags 8" errors. So I doubt the > >>patch is right, but maybe it points to something else. > >> > >>Is it legal to call acpi_get_firmware_table if acpi is off? If not, how > >>can I tell that acpi is off? > >> > >> > >Please check 'acpi_disabled' variable. > > > > > acpi_disabled is not available on ia64. It doesn't seem to be a > standard interface. So that's not an option. It always return 0 in IA64. IA64 can't disable ACPI.
Thanks, Shaohua
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