This is pretty weird, since the latest ACPI update went in pre10, and it was pretty minor. That you are saying problems started in pre8 implies this is not a problem with the ACPI driver, but something else.. hmm.. So it worked in pre7 and broke in pre8? Regards -- Andy > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:06:45 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ACPI trouble with MS-6167 motherboard > > I'm still having ACPI difficulties with Linux-2.4.1-pre10 on my > system. Up to (and including) Linux-2.4.0, it worked fine; the kernel > reported: > > Jan 14 22:53:05 jhereg kernel: ACPI: System description tables found > Jan 14 22:53:05 jhereg kernel: ACPI: System description tables loaded > Jan 14 22:53:05 jhereg kernel: ACPI: Subsystem enabled > Jan 14 22:53:05 jhereg kernel: ACPI: System firmware supports: C2 > Jan 14 22:53:05 jhereg kernel: ACPI: System firmware supports: S0 S1 > > However, since Linux-2.4.1-pre8, I get: > > ACPI: System description tables found > ACPI-0191: *** Warning: Invalid table signature found > ACPI-0073: *** Error: Acpi_load_tables: Could not load > RSDT: AE_BAD_SIGNATURE > ACPI-0101: *** Error: Acpi_load_tables: Could not load > tables: AE_BAD_SIGNATURE > ACPI: System description table load failed > > > > Excerpts from my boot log follow: > > BIOS Vendor: Award Software International, Inc. > BIOS Version: 6.0 PG > BIOS Release: 08/30/00 > Board Vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. > Board Name: MS-6167 (AMD751). > Board Version: 1.X. > > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 @ 0000000000000000 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000400 @ 000000000009fc00 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000010000 @ 00000000000f0000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000010000 @ 00000000ffff0000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 000000000fef0000 @ 0000000000100000 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 000000000000d000 @ 000000000fff3000 (ACPI data) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000003000 @ 000000000fff0000 (ACPI NVS) > > I'd appreciate it if anyone can tell me what the deal is. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
