[hsflinux] Problems on Sony Vaio PCG-FX601

[marcogi at libero.it]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 marcogi at libero.it wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 gte733z at mail.gatech.edu wrote:
>
> > Quoting marcogi at libero.it:
> >
> > > Maybe ACPI is the issue. I haven't applied patches so...
> > > I'll test ASAP.
> > >  [snip]
> > > > far as I'm concerned, 2.4.18 is the last kernel that works. This is all
> > > > handwork, sorry - no alternative :-(
> > >
> > > I'm downloading 2.4.19 patch too. Time to test now.
> > >
> > > [snip]
> >
> > I have had very similar problems (random reboots and carrier hangups), and
> > most of these problems have been resolved with the latest drivers. Right now I
> > am using a heavily patched mjc kernel, and everything seems to work fine.
> > However, I used to use a vanilla 2.4.18 w/ ACPI patch and it also worked fine
> > with the latest drivers. When I DID have these problems, I noticed that when I
> > disabled LOCAL APIC and pre-empt(vanilla would not have this option), the
> > system stopped crashing. I did not test this out thuroughly so I can not say
> > if they are definitive solutions, but you could give it a shot. On another
> > note, the carrier hangups (long beep and then disconnect) were caused by a
> > corrupted pppd installation. I completely removed all ppp files from my system
> > and repcompiled ppp and that solved the disconnect issues (config. files
> > probably got corrupted during a crash). Hope this helps.
>
> [snip]
>
> I'll try 02062500 hsf driver disabling LOCAL APIC to see if hangs go
> away.

Well, disabling LOCAL APIC it seems hsf driver works fine. Still no
hangs occurred.
As side effect now reboot and halt also works fine, but this is another
(acpi related) story...

Thanks very much for help.

--
Regards,  Marco Gigante
Student at Pisa University - Computer Engineering