Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:34:10 -0400 | From | Ion Badulescu <> | Subject | Re: Stelian Pop <> |
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Hood <jdthood@home.dhs.org> wrote:
> I notice that both the Vaio and the Inspiron have Phoenix BIOSes. > So perhaps there is a class of Phoenix BIOSes we should be testing > for. For the time being, we will need to add Ion Badulescu's Inspiron > to the dmi_blacklist. Ion, can you give us the exact product name, > exact BIOS vendor name, exact BIOS version and exact BIOS date? > Also, let us know all the results of your tests of various kernels.
dmidecode says:
Handle 0x0000 DMI type 0, 20 bytes. BIOS Information Block Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: A12 Release: 07/04/2000 BIOS base: 0xEA3D0 ROM size: 192K Capabilities: Flags: 0x0000000000001F90 Handle 0x0001 DMI type 1, 25 bytes. System Information Block Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation Product: Inspiron 7500 Version: Revision B0 Serial Number: 123456789
and from another laptop exhibiting the same problem:
Handle 0x0000 DMI type 0, 20 bytes. BIOS Information Block Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: A06 Release: 05/19/2000 BIOS base: 0xEA380 ROM size: 192K Capabilities: Flags: 0x0000000000001F90 Handle 0x0001 DMI type 1, 25 bytes. System Information Block Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation Product: Inspiron 5000 Version: Revision B0 Serial Number: 123456789
Again: both laptops oops with 2.4.9-ac16 when PnPBIOS is enabled, both work fine with 2.4.10-ac4 even with PnPBIOS enabled.
Ion
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