linux-kernel - Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)

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Message-Id: <201101312012.42393.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:12:42 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
Cc:	Richard Schütz <r.schtz@...nline.de>,
	Lionel Debroux <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, colin.king@...onical.com
Subject: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)

On Monday, January 31, 2011, Ozan Çağlayan wrote:
> On 31.01.2011 20:33, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> >
> > Would it be possible to check if running the kernel in uniprocessor mode
> > makes the problem go away?
> 
> If that's the equivalent of booting with maxcpus=0, I now told them to 
> give it a try.

Booting with maxcpus=0 also disables the I/O APIC, which probably is a bit too
much, but let's see what happens in that case.

Rafael
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