Hello,
my name is Robert Gomulka. I have written to you before, but from
different address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for which servers have some
problems. This one should be better, I hope.
I was playing around with kernel switches to get my kernel doing its best.
Started from acpi=off, then noapic irqpoll. Now, during this writing,
I am trying "pci=assign-busses". So far it works, so I will keep
testing this configuration.
However, to my surprise, when I switched from "noapic irqpoll" to
"pci=assign-busses" Linux refused to start, demanding acpi_osi=!Linux
and asking for sending dmidecode to you. I added the switch and it
went fine. So hereby you can find dmidecode output in the attachment.
By the way, I have searched internet a lot for some hints what would
be the best way to cope with Linux on similar laptops. There were some
hints, but in my opinion they shouldn't work. People claim they
worked, but they are for different architecture or don't exist.
For example: noirqdebug (only ia-32), assign-busses and irq-route (the
latter I'm not sure, but both should take form of pci=... not the
options alone, however they say that options worked in exactly that
way).
Best regards,
Robert
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
20 structures occupying 822 bytes.
Table at 0x000F1D30.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: F.18
Release Date: 05/31/2007
Address: 0xE6B20
Runtime Size: 103648 bytes
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
Smart battery is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: Presario F500 (GF596UA#ABA)
Version: Rev 1
Serial Number: CNF72342QC
UUID: 434E4637-3233-3432-5143-001B244CFD1C
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: GF596UA#ABA
Family: 103C_5335KV
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Product Name: 30D3
Version: 65.37
Serial Number: None
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag:
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: Unknown
OEM Information: 0x00000005
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: Socket S1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Opteron
Manufacturer: AMD
ID: 81 0F 06 00 FF FB 8B 17
Signature: Family 15, Model 104, Stepping 1
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
Version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Mobile TK53
Voltage: 1.6 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 1700 MHz
Current Speed: 1700 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: None
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 64 KB
Maximum Size: 64 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Asynchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Asynchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Through
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 512 KB
Maximum Size: 512 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unified
Associativity: Unknown
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: PCI Express Slot 1
Type: 64-bit PCI Express
Current Usage: Available
Length: Short
ID: 0
Characteristics:
5.0 V is provided
3.3 V is provided
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: PCI Express Slot 2
Type: 64-bit PCI Express
Current Usage: Available
Length: Short
ID: 0
Characteristics:
5.0 V is provided
3.3 V is provided
PME signal is supported
Hot-plug devices are supported
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: 64
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: $HP$
String 2: LOC#
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 15, 29 bytes
System Event Log
Area Length: 16 bytes
Header Start Offset: 0x0000
Header Length: 16 bytes
Data Start Offset: 0x0010
Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions
Access Address: 0x0000
Status: Valid, Not Full
Change Token: 0x000000AE
Header Format: Type 1
Supported Log Type Descriptors: 3
Descriptor 1: POST error
Data Format 1: POST results bitmap
Descriptor 2: Single-bit ECC memory error
Data Format 2: Multiple-event
Descriptor 3: Multi-bit ECC memory error
Data Format 3: Multiple-event
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 2 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: DIMM 1
Bank Locator: Bank 0,1
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 200 MHz (5.0 ns)
Manufacturer: EC00000000000000
Serial Number: 572065E3
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: M4 70T6554EZ3-CE6
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: DIMM 2
Bank Locator: Bank 2,3
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown
Speed: 200 MHz (5.0 ns)
Manufacturer: EC00000000000000
Serial Number: 57206515
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: M4 70T6554EZ3-CE6
Handle 0x000F, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x000C
Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x0010, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF
Range Size: 512 MB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000D
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000F
Partition Row Position: 2
Interleave Position: 2
Interleaved Data Depth: 2
Handle 0x0011, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00020000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 512 MB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000E
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000F
Partition Row Position: 2
Interleave Position: 2
Interleaved Data Depth: 2
Handle 0x0012, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: <OUT OF SPEC>
Handle 0x0013, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
