Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (130 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

david.obrien@xxxxxxx writes:

>> > What problems have you experienced with >4GB RAM?  Please 
>> post details.
>> > There is also a remaining problem that booting "Linux Safe 
>> mode" does not work.
>> 
>> That's mainly because a lot of boxes need ACPI to boot and Safe Mode
>> turns it off.
>
> HUH?!?!?  I've spent hours finding that SLES requires ACPI to be
> turned *OFF* for many motherboards I've tried it on (and having to
> edit the Grub menu list on many customer's systems to add
> "acpi=off".  I haven't found a single one that would not boot with
> "acpi=off".  Asus SK8N, MSI-9131, AMD Melody, AMD Solo, AMD
> Serenade, AMD Quartet.  Which Opteron boards are you finding require
> ACPI to be on?

All the above systems - with the exception of Asus SK8N - work since
day 1 with acpi enabled without any problems for us.  Why does it fail
for you?  Where are your bug reports that one of the AMD prototype
systems needs "acpi=off"?

Andreas
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