* joep@frog.nl joep@frog.nl [051203 16:04]:
This reason is that linux is not able to locate the interrupt table, because linuxbios failed to copy the table to the area at 0xf0000:
.... Copying IRQ routing tables to 0xf0000...done. Verifing copy of IRQ routing tables at 0xf0000...failed Moving GDT to 0x500...ok Wrote linuxbios table at: 00000530 - 000006b4 checksum e72d
I saw that this issue was discussed earlier in this list (March 2005, started by ramesh), but I found no reference as to if and how it was ever solved.
Are you using LinuxBIOS v1 or v2? Try disabling CONFIG_COMPRESS.
The bios area around 0xf0000 is probably readonly, so the write fails. CONFIG_COMPRESS will leave the in-flash copy of the pirq table readable for Linux.
Stefan