Comment 10 for bug 407824

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Daniel Bair (danielbair) wrote : Re: [Bug 407824] Re: BOTH Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100 AND Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040T PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 12) FAIL TO LOAD!

Confirmed: pci=use_crs works beautifully!

-Daniel

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Daniel Bair <email address hidden> wrote:

> Booting with ACPI disabled sounded like it caused performance issues, but
> comment #36 <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13940#c36> (
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13940#c36) sounded promising:
>
> On the bright side, booting with pci=use_crs in both the latest kernel and
> 2.6.31 fixes the problem.
>
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> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:32 AM, acidbits <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Problem is'nt ethernet/wireless controller drivers. Problem comes from
>> 2.6.31 (in 2.6.30 it worked) kernel & memory allocation when ACPI is
>> enabled.
>>
>> I tried changing laptop's wireless card for an atheros, and problem was
>> still there.
>>
>> You can either:
>>
>> - Boot kernel with ACPI disabled, as stated ad bugzilla.kernel.org.
>> (haven't tried)
>> - Patch and build a new kernel, even if it is 64bit.
>> - Wait till the patch is included in a karmic kernel update.
>> - Use a USB wireless dongle. I did to get linux source, and kernel tools
>> to build a new one.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
>> BOTH Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100 AND
>> Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040T PCI-E Fast
>> Ethernet Controller (rev 12) FAIL TO LOAD!
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407824
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>> of the bug.
>>
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