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Radioactiveman

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-13

Posts: 388

[Solved] Massive bootproblems with kernel26 > 2.6.38

I don't know what's wrong with my computer, so I post it here:

Every kernel before 2.6.39 worked fine with 'irqpoll' as kernel parameter.
'Irqpoll' is needed, otherwise the boot hangs somewhere and I have to press Enter several times to continue.
The problem is now: current kernels refuse to boot, I just get a blinking monitor or errormessages.
I've read that 2.6.39 got a different IRQ handling, maybe that is the 'problem'.
Bios version in the latest, I tried everything. Disabled HPET, changed Bios IRQ settings, kernel parameter (irqpoll irqfixup noacpi noapic nolapic erst_disable hest_disable) ...
acpi=off is the only option which works fine.
Today I fixed my DSDT (produces 0 error and warnings now) and compiled it into kernel26-mainline (3.0-rc3) -> same problem.

Last edited by Radioactiveman (2011-06-15 15:30:59)

Radioactiveman

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-13

Posts: 388

Re: [Solved] Massive bootproblems with kernel26 > 2.6.38

I've found out that disabling C1E in the Bios helps.
After searching the forum I read this solution again -> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92801
'irqpoll' is also no more necessary.

More information:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15289
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28612

Last edited by Radioactiveman (2011-06-15 15:30:18)