On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 01:25:21AM -0000, JerryBreazeale wrote: > I just finished going through the menu.lst in Feisty, adding irqpoll to > the end of the kernel boot lines in the Edgy and Fedora Core 6 sections. > I didn't know about the technique you described here, so I hope the > end result is the same. I then booted Breezy, Edgy, Feisty, and FC6,
It is possible that your edits will get over written with a kernel update later on down the line and that is why I suggested doing it a different way. > Recall that I asked you in my last email to tell me what was happening > by my adding irqpoll -- I'd appreciate some info on that. I've looked > in several of my Ubuntu and Linux books for "irqpoll", but found > nothing. I forgot to check for a man page about irqpoll while I was in > any of the distros tonight. Would info be in the man pages on menu or > boot? > The information is included in the kernel source, I found it in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, and it says: "irqpoll [HW] When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers for it. Also check all handlers each timer interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken firmware running." But I couldn't really tell you what exactly that means. > This problem has been a royal pain for a long time, and I've not been > successful in finding anyone who could help me with it. I'm a long way > from any big city, so no easy access to a LUG. You can imagine how > pleased I was when I heard from you, and you were willing to help. > Thanks again. > I appreciate your feedback but it really was no problem. > I haven't had time to really dig into Feisty to see if there are any > nasty problems hidden away waiting to bite me, but if one finds me I'll > let you know. > Thanks, please do let us know if you find any bugs. -- system problem - sound very slow - sys delays https://launchpad.net/bugs/84643 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
