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    Subject[Fwd: Re: Dell OptiPlex 320 - Core 2 Duo]
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    I now notice this hasn't been CC'ed to the list. Apologies to all.

    -NT

    ------ Mensagem Reencaminhada ------
    > Assunto: Re: Dell OptiPlex 320 - Core 2 Duo
    > Data: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:49:18 +0000
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    > Lennart, those options came from the SuSE installer, I guess. It wasn't
    > me installing the machine, and I have no idea why the guy doing it
    > whould add so many. I also found it strange, but since it's a Failsafe,
    > and SuSE is not my favourite dist, I just left it alone. My first tests
    > were done removing several of those (those that, to my knowledge, didn't
    > make sense, like: acpi=off, apm=off, mce=off, maxcpus=0, probably
    > pci=..).
    >
    > Actually, the default boots to the not-failsafe:
    >
    > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-23-default
    > root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JD-75M_WD-WMAM9TA95509-part2
    > apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux
    > psmouse.proto=bare irqpoll pci=nommconf resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent
    > showopts
    >
    > Both share lots of options, anyway. I wonder what "irqpoll" does, though
    > (it's probably related with "Misrouted IRQ fixup and polling support
    > enabled" dmesg)... I just lack the opportunity to test all the
    > combinations (the machine is remote)..
    >
    > Even if the model is not the same as described, Optiplex has a nice
    > (not!) history of problems:
    >
    > http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=34172
    >
    > http://suseroot.com/blog/blog.php?postid=74
    >
    > I forgot to mention that this last time I tried the combinations:
    > * acpi=on + pci=nomsi
    > * acpi=on + pci=routeirq
    >
    > -NT
    >
    >
    > Qua, 2008-03-05 às 16:39 -0500, Lennart Sorensen escreveu:
    > [...]
    > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-23-default
    > > > root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JD-75M_WD-WMAM9TA95509-part2
    > > > showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume noapic pci=route edd=off 3
    >
    > [errata: it's pci=routeirq, obviously]
    >
    > > > It didn't help. The boot stops at the line PCI: xxxxxx something. I'll
    > > > try to try the BIOS update issue. I'll report back later.
    > >
    > > Well most of the options seem like a bad idea in general.
    > >
    > > ide=nodma, noapic and maxcpus I just can't imagine why would be listed
    > > there. Usually you add an option if it solves a problem, you don't add
    > > all of the possible options. Multi processor requires some of those
    > > features, and disabling dma on ide makes no sense unless you are using a
    > > very broken ide drive.
    > >
    > > Who added all those options and why?
    > >
    > > --
    > > Len Sorensen
    > >
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    Nuno Tavares
    DRI, Consultoria Informática
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