linux-kernel - Re: sc3200 cpu + apm module kernel crash

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Date:	Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:21:05 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Nicolas FR <nicolasfr@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sc3200 cpu + apm module kernel crash

Ar Sul, 2006-11-05 am 22:33 +0100, ysgrifennodd Nicolas FR:
> The module was "crashing" on my box because it keeps on receiving
> events=APM_UPDATE_TIME meaning that it would never get out of the
> while() loop in check_events. I need to do some tests but I might

That's a BIOS bug

> simply fix this by ignoring APM_UPDATE_TIME events. I first thought

If that works can you run dmidecode on your box and post me the output,
from that we can add a blacklist entry to automatically handle this.


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