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disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS

PATCH In review Randy Dunlap 3 participants 3 messages Jun 21, 2006 – Jun 22, 2006 ACPI

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PATCH 1/1 disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS

Disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS, or the system will freeze.

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-dapper.git;a=commitdiff;h=8ae54aeedb4b33a74ba5d811abef07d83f1838f4

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 arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c |   10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c +9 -1
@@ -928,7 +928,15 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata a
 		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "2629H1G"),
 		     },
 	 },
-
+	 {
+	  .callback = dmi_disable_acpi,
+	  .ident = "Phoenix Technologies",
+	  .matches = {
+	  	      DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR,"Phoenix Technologies, LTD"),
+		      DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "6.00 PG"),
+		      DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "11/05/2003"),
+	  	     },
+	 },
 	/*
 	 * Boxes that need acpi=ht
 	 */
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Quoted 1 line · Randy Dunlap

Disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS, or the system will freeze.

Yeah, this was a quick workaround. I think we'd probably be better off figuring out /why/ the system was freezing, but, well.

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Matthew Garrett | [email protected]
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Quoted 5 lines · On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:52:08 +0100 Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> wrote:
Quoted 1 line · Randy Dunlap

Disable ACPI on some Phoenix BIOS, or the system will freeze.

Yeah, this was a quick workaround. I think we'd probably be better off figuring out /why/ the system was freezing, but, well.

How do we find out whose machine had the problem?