On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 07:33:33AM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
> Version: 2.6.26-15
> Severity: normal
> File: linux-image-2.6.26
> 
> The ASUS P4B266 mainboard is blacklisted in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c. For 
> ACPI to work (S3 suspend for instance), acpi=force needs to be passed at boot.
> 
> This can should be fixed in the kernel however, as reported in 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=123825445916546&w=2
> 
> I proposed a patch in http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=124068823904429&w=2 
> which currently works when applied to Debian kernel sources.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Thanks - please reping when something goes into the tree.
For clarification, did this mainboard function better in etch?

My concern with removing a blacklist in a stable release is that it
may cause a regression on systems with BIOS versions that do need the
blacklist so, as you noted, hopefully there's a way to only blacklist
the versions affected.

-- 
dann frazier




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