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From: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com
Subject: Re: APIC support prevents power off
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:54:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030721095414.GA3865@k3.hellgate.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200307210113.h6L1DqiY018985@harpo.it.uu.se>

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:13:52 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:36:13 +0200, Roger Luethi wrote:
> >On some UP boards (e.g. ASUS A7A266) enabling support for local APICs keeps
> >the machine from powering off on shutdown. It will just hang instead.
> >
> >This has been observed by others before [1]. A warning in the respective
> >configuration note seems in order (or a proper fix if anybody has one).
> 
> Insufficient data to draw anti-local-APIC conclusions.
> - ensure you have the latest BIOS

I tend not to touch the BIOS unless I have reason to believe an update will
fix an actual problem.

> - if you're using APM, ensure that CPU_IDLE and DISPLAY_BLANK are
>   disabled, and that APM isn't built as a module
>   (these things are known to cause APM hangs in UP APIC systems)
> - if you're using ACPI, try without ACPI, or at least with ACPI not
>   doing any power management

Your suggestions match my current configuration:

#
# Power management options (ACPI, APM)
#
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y

#
# ACPI Support
#
# CONFIG_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set

> A very general "may break some BIOSen" warning could be in order.

Mentioning specific symptoms (like breaking power off) wouldn't hurt,
either.

Roger

  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-21  9:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-21  1:13 APIC support prevents power off Mikael Pettersson
2003-07-21  9:54 ` Roger Luethi [this message]
2003-07-21 10:16   ` William Gallafent
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-22  8:35 Mikael Pettersson
2003-07-22 11:45 ` Mark McClelland
2003-07-22 23:28 ` Roger Luethi
2003-07-20 14:36 Roger Luethi

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