On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:28:56PM +0100, Martin Drab wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: > > > > > gmane.linux.kernel: > > > > recently I got my hands on an ASUS A8Js notebook (Core 2 Duo T7200, > > > > Intel 945 PM PCI-E Chipset, for details see attached log). After > > > > booting > > > > the latest 2.6.20-rc5-git3 kernel (but the same behaviour occurs also > > > > with > > > > the 2.6.19.2, didn't try any other), some strange behaviour can be > > > > observed. > > > > > > There were disscussions about mmconfig and what nightmare it brought to > > > PCI(E) configuration in scope of BIOS, chip bugs. Here's (one of) such: > > > <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116007091004503&w=2> > > > > > > > At first the following messages appear in the log: > > > > > > > > ... > [ 40.303154] PCI: BIOS *Bug*: MCFG area at e0000000 is not > E820-reserved > > > > [ 40.303157] PCI: Not using MMCONFIG. > > > > > > > > (not sure whether this is really a problem) > > > > > > I think it may be the major problem. > > > > Hmm, it may be. Was there suggested any solution (or at least proposal) > > that I may try? > > Try fix BIOS bugs: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/462632>
ASUS refused to help fixing the BIOS with words that ASUS notebooks do not support Linux. So if we do not workaround this somehow, Linux would really be unusable on this HW. :( Martin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
