linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20.4: NETDEV WATCHDOG and lockups

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Date:	Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:41:35 -0400
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Christian Kujau" <christian@...ouse.de>
Cc:	"Robert Hancock" <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Len Brown" <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.20.4: NETDEV WATCHDOG and lockups

On 4/3/07, Christian Kujau <christian@...ouse.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Robert Hancock wrote:
> > Although it's not as bad with servers, many machines are designed to run only
> > Windows (which normally always uses ACPI) and simply aren't tested well or at
> > all with ACPI disabled so you can run into a lot of problems which are just
> > bugs in the BIOS, etc.
>
> I only thought it was the other way around: less (active, used) code -
> less bug (caused by strange ACPI implementations). But I can see your
> point.
>

We have a bunch of servers here where Linux will only see one core per
processor unless ACPI is enabled.

Lee
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