On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 02:27:53PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > forwarded 386972 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7159 > thanks
thanks for the pointer. > Seems the message below never went out, likely because the SMTP server > at work refused to forward a message from @debian.org. Sorry about the > delay. > > As it turns out, booting with "acpi=off" solves this network problem. > Is this resolution satisfactory to the Debian kernel team? Or should > Debian kernels be able to boot on old (non-ACPI) hardware without > boot-time options? > > Put differently, is there a way to config around this, so it boots on > both ACPI and non-ACPI machines without boot-time options? > > -Adam there is almost no non-acpi land these days in term of dev and in terms of support. aboves is satisfactory as acpi=off is often needed as you will see through a quick scan of broken tables in debian bts. also while scanning the upstream bug report, please report the dmesg and /proc/interrupts, either attached or inside of your mail or attach them directly to the bug report. you can't demand someone else to follow flacky links. thanks -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

