Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:59:27 -0700 (MST) | From | Dax Kelson <> | Subject | Re: APM oops with Dell 5000e laptop |
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Alan Cox said once upon a time (Thu, 16 Nov 2000):
> > I just got a Sceptre 6950 (also known as a Dell 5000e), I just installed > > Red Hat 7.0 on it, and got an APM related oops at boot. > > Yep. This is not a Linux problem
The kernel works around/ignores/disables other broken hardware or broken features of otherwise working hardware with black lists. There will be many *many* of these laptops sold.
Is there a way to uniquely identify the affected BIOSes at boot time and turn off APM? According to Brad Douglas, the 32-bit Get Power Status (0AH) call is broken.
Supposedly there will be a BIOS update in the "future" to correct this problem.
Dax
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