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Re: [PLUG] kernel and bios and pnp
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Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> Here's a bit of oddness that I don't understand. I boot my kernel
> with the nobiospnp option, and yet it still seems to pay attention to
> the bios pnp stuff:
>
> jeff@astra:~ $ dmesg | grep pnp
> Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linuxn ro root=301 noapic nobiospnp acpi=no
> PnPBIOS: You may need to reboot with the "nobiospnp" option to operate stably
> isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
> jeff@astra:~ $
>
> Any idea what is meant here? The problem for me is that my machine is
> (still) not stable, although it's usable if I lower my standards.
>
> In fact, the detailed output (other than the first line) is this:
>
> Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
Even though you specified the nobiospnp in the command line, the kernel
still has the pnp stuff built into the kernel.
The plug and play cannot be built as a module and is an integral part of
the kernel. The PnP is listed under the devices section of the the
kernel configuration.
> PnPBIOS: Scanning system for PnP BIOS support...
> PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f57b0
> PnPBIOS: PnP BIOS version 1.0, entry 0xf0000:0x656a, dseg 0xf0000
> PNPBIOS fault.. attempting recovery.
> PnPBIOS: Warning! Your PnP BIOS caused a fatal error. Attempting to continue
> PnPBIOS: You may need to reboot with the "nobiospnp" option to operate stably
> PnPBIOS: Check with your vendor for an updated BIOS
> PnPBIOS: get_dev_node: unexpected status 0x28
> PnPBIOS: 6 nodes reported by PnP BIOS; 6 recorded by driver
>
>
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