Larry Finger wrote:
> merely triggered by some interaction with ACPI and/or the BIOS.
> From what I found in looking back through the DMA error reports,
> most (if not all) people with the problem have netbook computers
> with Intel ATOM processors.

Gábor Stefanik wrote:
> Linus has also reported this issue on a Core 2 ULV. I suspect that
> the key part is deep-sleep support in the CPU.

Atom has new (lower) power states, with wakeup sequences that are
very different from previous PC platforms. I don't know exact
details, unfortunately. :\


> Also, PhoenixBIOS seems to play part in the problem.

I do know that the power sequencing is not really part of the Intel
reference platform, but rather it will be solved in a microcontroller
or embedded controller by the systems designer. The BIOS needs to
support this properly. This is all new stuff on PCs. It is very
possible that there are BIOS bugs.

If you send an email to the coreboot mailing list, it is possible
that someone there has an Atom system running coreboot and would be
willing to help test if given a card. If so, they are also very
knowledgeable about the lowlevel details.


//Peter
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