ACPI spec. states that the location of the RSDP structure is found by searching * The first 1 KB of the Extended BIOS Data Area (EBDA). * The BIOS read-only memory space between 0E0000h and 0FFFFFh
The EBDA scan looks wrong. The patch below against 2.6.12 should correct this.
-Udo.
---
Calculate correct EBDA address for ACPI RSDP scan. The word at BIOS Data Area
40:0E is the segment address of the EBDA.
Signed-off-by: Udo A. Steinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- linux-2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c.old 2005-07-20
17:28:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c 2005-07-20 17:31:15.000000000
+0200
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
* Scan memory looking for the RSDP signature. First search EBDA (low
* memory) paragraphs and then search upper memory (E0000-FFFFF).
*/
- rsdp_phys = acpi_scan_rsdp (0, 0x400);
+ rsdp_phys = acpi_scan_rsdp (*(u16*) 0x40E << 4, 0x400);
if (!rsdp_phys)
rsdp_phys = acpi_scan_rsdp (0xE0000, 0x20000);
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