Re: APIC support prevents power off

From: William Gallafent (william.gallafent_at_virgin.net)
Date: 07/21/03

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    Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:16:20 +0100 (BST)
    To: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
    
    

    > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:13:52 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

    > > - ensure you have the latest BIOS

    On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Roger Luethi wrote:

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

    FWIW, Updating the BIOS on my Tyan Tiger MP did sort out some (I *think* APIC
    related) problems I had with a PCI ethernet card under 2.4.18. I agree with
    your `if it ain't broke don't fix it' approach in general, but in this case
    updating the BIOS fixed for me a problem that I had not attributed to it!

    -- 
    Bill Gallafent.
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