When the patch you mentioned was not applied, I could make it work with any kernel version by simply adding a 'disable_APIC_timer' in the beginning of acpi_bus_init, and a 'enable_APIC_timer' in the end of this function.
By the way, what is Local APIC for? What do I lose having Local APIC disabled? Thanks, Bruno. On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:44:07 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:00:50PM -0300, Bruno Diniz wrote: > > Is there a problem with the idea of "turn off APIC timer before ACPI > > initialization and then turn back on after ACPI initialization > > finishes"? This is exactly what the tiny patch I've sent does. I would > > agree that 'nolapic' boot param "solves" the problem, but IMHO the > > idea above is clearer and works perfectly. > > > > The idea is clear, but that patch does not work on the 2100 I tried. > It was already implemented in current 2.6.8 AFAIK and it has exactly > the same problem of hang up. > > > Thanks, > > > > Bruno. > > > > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:52:35 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok I verified that: > > > > > > * This issue is yet valid for current 2.6.8 with acpi=on > > > * It's valid for 2.4 series up to 2.4.27 with acpi=on > > > * Patch proposed in 2.6.8 does not solve the issue, so it can be removed. > > > > > > The only workaround in all cases is the 'nolapic' boot param. > > > > > > -- > > > Francesco P. Lovergine > > > > > > > > -- > Francesco P. Lovergine > -- Bruno Diniz de Paula
