http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6859
Summary: Linux kernel won't work without "nolapic" passed
Kernel Version: 2.6.4 and above
Status: NEW
Severity: blocking
Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
2.6.17
Distribution:
SuSE 10.1
Hardware Environment:
Athlon XP 1.6 GHz, MSI motherboard (MS-6390-L v1.0) which features the VIA KM266
chipset. The motherboard features an onboard RTL8139 network card, AC97/8233A
VIA sound and south bridge, and also an integrated S3 Savage4-PRO+ 266DDR. 512
MB RAM.
Software Environment:
SuSE/Ubuntu/Arch Linux. I think that only Fedora works, but not sure, it has
been a while since I tried Fedora in this machine.
Problem Description:
The kernel will boot only to safe mode and won't mount any partitions (suse).
With other distros it will boot, but no pci hardware will work (ubuntu, Arch).
All these problems are going away only if you pass the "nolapic" kernel
parameter. But I believe that the user experience is not good if the user has to
pass kernel parameters, IMHO this is something that must be fixed.
Steps to reproduce:
Just try to install a recent distro on this machine.
boot message of the suse dvd with apic=debug
https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=92035&action=view
Dmesg of suse
https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=92036&action=view
https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=93759&action=view
acpi dump logs tarball: acpi.txt is from acpidmp, and acpidump.txt us from
acpidump
Novell won't look at the problem, so you are my only hope. This is probably a
BIOS bug, but the point is that Windows works (including Vista), BeOS and BSD
works, and even kernel 2.4 works perfectly. So I think that this problem should
be fixed as kernel 2.6 is the only one that misbehaves, and also because older
hardware is what to expect in most Enterprise businesses today. Thanks.
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