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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 22:10:10 +0100
From: Marc "UBM" Bocklet <ubm@u-boot-man.de>
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Subject: Re: Problem with ACPI
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:52:47 -0800 (PST)
Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Marc UBM Bocklet wrote:
> 
> > If I try to use ACPI on my Tyan Thunder X, I get
> >
> > acpi0: <AMIINT > on motherboard
> >     ACPI-0168: *** Error: Could not transition to ACPI mode.
> > acpi0: Could not enable ACPI: AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE
> > device_probe_and_attach: acpi0 attach returned 6
> 
> This is certainly a BIOS problem; try upgrading the BIOS. if you're on
> the most recent, its probably fatally braindamaged, or a very early
> implementation. Not much we can do for you other than booting without
> ACPI.

Ok, thank you very much for clarifying that. The latest BIOS is from
1999, so it's probably a very early implementation.

Bye
Marc